“Action is the antidote to despair.” – Joan Baez Many of us through the years have made decisions or so we thought, only to find ourselves quickly back in the same situation we were attempting to break free of. If you are like me, you probably hopped right onto the pity-pot and thought, “what’s the use”? … Read more
“Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life, rather than a Monday-to-Friday sort of dying.” Studs Terkel Strive for excellence in all you do. I was discussing the Real Life Recovery Program … Read more
My whole life I had the inner desire to “Be Somebody”. I wanted to make a difference in the world. In the 4th grade things started to really go downhill for me. Ten years of age and I had already begun the process of giving up and I did not even know it. By the … Read more