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same ole same ole

same ole same ole 3

I don’t let people in. I don’t like women/men. Women are bitches/Only men understand me. Men aren’t emotional enough/Only women understand me. All my friends are of the opposite sex. They just ‘get’ me better. I don’t trust… not even a little bit. I’ve written about this topic at least a hundred different ways but [...]

Why I Need Negativity… Or… I Heart Hecklers

Why I Need Negativity… Or… I Heart Hecklers 2

Silly sounding title I know… but important. In my years of recovery I have learned a very valuable lesson about negative people. Being of sober fanatic mind and energetic body, I felt it was necessary for ALL people to agree with the AA/NA mindset. Little did I know that the naysayers or “BAD” meetings possibly [...]

The Demiurgic Magic of Gratitude

The Demiurgic Magic of Gratitude 0

I’m grateful that today I trust the way of “love” more often than not. It used to be that I would need to do what others expected of me. I did not want to let anyone down or go against the societal grain because doing differently was just not accepted or “the way” things are [...]

Balming Salve

Balming Salve 0

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi Through deviance and ignorance my wounds would fester and become infected, but it is in love and care, in cleaning off the debris, that these wounds are able to receive the Light which heals.  As often as I may feel like an open [...]

Tiny Buds of Gratitude

Tiny Buds of Gratitude 0

 Grow flowers of gratitude in the soil of prayer.  ~Terri Guillemets …for this new life wherein in even when feeling the heaviness of the “blahs” for no apparent reason, it’s still far better then the hell I was rescued from through God’s loving grace. …to take the time to write my gratitude, a prayer of [...]

Prismatic

Prismatic 0

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.” —  Jean Houston I’m grateful for this new life and the ability to laugh, really laugh, today!  We’re talking some serious booty shaking, belly quaking, laughter!  A mantra for me as of late has been “don’t take _____ so seriously” as [...]