Today is the day it all starts again, somewhat anyhow. See, we’re buying a home in the next few weeks, the crazy part is mostly done, now it’s time to sit back and try not to go nuts with waiting and anxiety and stress. But back to analogy, fire is a scary thing, unless it’s …
Photo Credit – Wealthy Affiliate – Pixabay Public Domain Depression is real, I suffer from it. Daily. I have real problem with getting stuck in my own head. I circle around the thought that I am worth nothing, nobody will ever love me, that I will be nothing to anybody forever, and that the world …
Courage To Change – September 16, 2020 There’s a meme somewhere that asks “Do you ever wonder if you’re in season five of the episodes of your life, and the writers/directors are just tossing in random crazy stuff to keep the audience interested?” Life goes like that sometimes. It really really does. My life, if …
Courage To Change – September 15, 2020 How often have I been told, gaslighted by people in my past, by the line that it’s all in my head. The truth is that they were 100% correct, just not in the way they think. It’s not so much that I was making it all up and …
Courage To Change – September 14, 2020 What’s it like to fight the darkness each and every moment of each and every day? Anxiety is one of the side effects of what I am going through in my life and in my head. While there are many who undoubtedly have it so much worse than …
One Day At A Time – August 19, 2020 Photo by Heshan Perera on Unsplash I am the father of six children, five at home, and the husband of an amazing woman who does more than I can even imagine. I don’t deserve the riches I have been gifted by God. I am however, prone …
Courage To Change – August 18, 2020 Like this rose on the railway track, the horror of a moment is but a fleeting point in time. We can be all consumed by its fragrance, it’s perfect obsession, but to dwell there is not living. Living, one day, one hour, one moment at a time means …
Courage To Change – August 17, 2020 Fall down seven times, get up eight. That’s a line that I read somewhere, probably a Chinese philosophy book when I was looking into Karate. The lesson is on point however. In recovery, it’s not a straight line. Hell, it’s not even a twisted continuous line. My recovery …
One Day at A Time – August 1, 2020 So, tried running away lately? I used to hear the old jokes from my father, ‘Running away? Here, let me pack you a lunch so you don’t get hungry and come home too soon.” It’s no secret that much of today’s world is a mess, and …
You can’t control others, so having a set of expectations on them can only end in disappointment, usually. One Day at a Time – January 3, 2020 Responsibilities, obligations and expectations are at the heart of my emotional Gordian knot concerning recovery and mental health. In truth the readings help, but they often act as …