The Storm

“Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.” – Charles Caleb Colton It is always a wonderful thing to hear from our friends especially those people that helped you weather the … Read more

The Strangest Secret

We become what we think about.  Earl Nightingale. In 1998 I was 10 years abstinent from drugs and alcohol.  My Spiritual relationship, my family life, my recovery, my career, all seemed from the outside to be clicking!  Yet I continued to have an emptiness inside.  Don’t get me wrong it was not a depression or  … Read more

The Human Spirit

Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Yesterday I was watching television and came across a show that I thought was a TV Bloopers or Candid Camera type of show.  It was in Spanish so I was … Read more

Family

What a wonderful thing to have in life is a Family to share it with.  This is a family foto taken by my good friend Maureen Entera!  Her Email is entera79@gmail.com if you want to get one for yourself.  Visit her website here: http://www.entera-theartist.com

Y is for You

When it comes down to it we all have the same radio station playing between our two ears.  WIFM, What’s In it For Me? However, each and everyone of us embraces that concept in varying degrees.  I am grateful that over the years I have learned to focus on others, on You first.  I have … Read more

I is for Inward Satisfaction

There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude.  It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance.  ~Joseph Addison As I thought about my ABC’s of gratitude the letter “I” posed a challenge because true gratitude is not about “I” it is about … Read more

H is for Helper

“You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.” Isabel Allende I am grateful today for being a helper.  In the audio The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale, explains that we are all paid in direct proportion to how we serve others.  We earn money by serving others.  But more … Read more