She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah It’s so fitting that I’m working on step one right now. About a week and a half ago, a stool fell upon my foot. It…
Read Morelife is a garden, not a road we enter and exit through the same gate wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice Bokonon — Life Is… A friend posted this to Facebook recently. I have heard many times that “life is about the journey, not the destination”. Which says to me that…
Read MoreIf you are narrow minded the whole world will appear narrow to you. If you are happy and with friends the world will seem a garden of roses. — Rumi Our suggested opening says “We believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery.” Rumi reminds me that, so often, what I see, what I experience,…
Read MoreMy life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue An everlasting vision of the ever changing view A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold Carole King — Tapestry When I look back at my life so far, it has…
Read MoreAbsolutely unmixed attention is prayer. — Simone Weil I have been struggling for some time with the concept of prayer. What is prayer? To whom am I praying? What am I praying for? The program has given me several answers to these questions. The one that is most directly addressed is…
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