Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 Several months ago, I led a meeting near where I live. I shared some of the emptiness and loneliness of my boyhood. After the meeting, a beautiful young woman came up to me. I have been in that meeting with her for several years. I have grown to deeply respect her … More Thougts on Loneliness and Fellowship
I have an extremely close friend that is out of work despite her wonderful mind and work ethic. She is calling the day after tomorrow, which is Thanksgiving Day this year, Gratitude Day. To her, the term “Thanksgiving Day” has been so often used commercially and culturally with no direct reference to actually being thankful … More Being Thankful
There is a piece ancient spiritual wisdom that is widely known. It says “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed you can move mountains”. I have recently realized that that saying puts the emphasis less on the size of my faith and more on the size of my Higher Power [hereafter HP]. … More Mustard Seed Faith
I have often written about the trauma I suffered about ten days after I was born. I had a very serious bout with Whooping Cough. An adult had to be with me 24 hours a day for about 2 weeks. The medical wisdom of the times was if they picked me up it would make it … More Uneasy Growth
There are two very similar slogans in program. The first is “Mind your own business.” The second is “Live and let live”. Both of these slogans have as the same idea as their primary meanings. At first glance it may seem the base meaning are not the same but they are. The most basic meaning … More Mind Your Own Business
I have had some marvelous experiences when a friend calls me up and asks me to lunch. -One of the best was when I had about a year in the program. After a meeting Anita, a happily safely married woman asked me if I wanted to have lunch with her At lunch, we laughed and … More Great lunches
I just watched a documentery on Hiroshima. The suffering was unimaginable. Kids decaying alive from radiation poisoning, people instantly vaporized and on and on. I also watched a doc on the Chinese city where an earth quake killed 90,000 people. In the doctrine in which I grew up Hell was described as a place where … More Hell
Row, row, row, your boat… The only boat we can row is our own -Suppose my loved one and I are going down a river each in our own boat. If I try to row my loved one’s boat I would likely tip his boat over trying to get in. -If I manage to get … More Row, Row, Row Your Boat
