Patriots and Loyalists

I am continuing on with the theme from my last post. The idea being that there is a stark difference between those who believe in the ideas of the founding of our republic and those who want a more authoritarian form of government. We did not get here overnight, though it may seem to some

Where are We?

Right here and now. As it has become my practice, I do my best to be present. To bring my attention to what is and to embrace it, to allow it to be just as it is without attempts to alter it. Acceptance- “Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake.” pp 449 Alcoholics

Hold on there Bucko

Don’t be so quick to put the experience of 2020 behind you. I’m talking to myself here. A promise offered in “The Big Book” Alcoholics Anonymous “We will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it.” and “We will see how our experience can benefit others.” These are taken out of

Merry Christmas

Limited Edition

A theme has emerged in my attention to and contemplation of things as they are this week. That being we humans are imperfect with limitations, however, we are also the highest in many ways, in an evolutionary aspect. The epitome of imperfection becomes evident in relation to our fellows and the ways we devise to

Do you understand?

According to Wikipedia – Understanding is a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to think about it and use concepts to deal adequately with that object. Understanding is a relation between the knower and an object of understanding. I can admit

Ones and Zeroes

On and off, joy and sorrow, alive and dead, heads and tails, all beginnings and endings, sides of the same coin. I am one alone and in reality a part of the whole of creation. I am perfectly comfortable being nothing and yet long to be someone’s everything and for them to be everything to

You can’t handle the Truth!

I contend that it is not that we can’t handle it, it is that we find value in something more soothing to our ego, whether the perception that our tribe is victorious or that our most recent post is well received. Thomas Merton writes- “What we desire is not the truth, but rather that our

The only thing that’s constant.

Change! It occurred to me that the header of my blog wasn’t quite right. I am changing things up to better reflect, what the primary focus is for my writing and, perhaps generate some interest. Recovery is then possible! This I believe, is, what it’s all about for me. In addition, I also think that

The Anonymous Whole/Hole

“The Anonymous Whole! The real violence exerted by propaganda is this: by means of apparent truth and apparent reason, it induces us to surrender our freedom and self-possession. It predetermines us to certain conclusions, and does so in such a way that we imagine we are fully free in reaching them by our own judgment