If I get terrified by a ride on a roller coaster the solution is not to get off halfway through the ride. Someone said “All God gives and expects is endurance {patience in the fruits of the Spirit}.That is probably an overstatement but I see her point. Keep on keeping on says it all to … More Keeping On
I have had several dreams given to me from time that have helped me. One of them was about Heaven. In this vision, I was just outside a structure about the size and dimensions of a high school gymnasium. The building was my heavenly home. It was being prepared for my arrival at some unknowable … More A Dream Of Heaven
At a recent meeting I attended, a speaker made a distinction between pain and suffering. According to her, pain is a part of the ordinary living of life. It is the common experience of all human beings. We have no ability to order our existence so that pain is excluded. Suffering on the other hand is … More Pain Vs Suffering
For to much of my life my style was Ready, Fire, Aim. When I got active in Al-Anon I had to straighten that out. One good thing about having a shotgun anger style was I got lots of wonderful practice making amends a very valuable and in my case necessary skill.
It is often said that as booze is to AA overthinking is to Al-Anon. At one time I thought I could read other people’s minds despite the fact I was always wrong. I made myself think I could read you mind because if I was wrong about that I had absolutely no way to make … More Think
A few days ago I was having a conversation with a very close friend of mine. I was telling him that he was an extremely nice human being. I said ” If you set out to be mean you would have to practice in your head saying something mean for a year before you would … More Good Hearts
Did you hear about three men going to have there heads chopped off by the guillotine? The first one was a political enemy. As the blade came down toward his neck it stopped one foot above his neck. He said OH!! it is a miracle. They guards were so surprised they let him go.The came … More An Al-Anon Joke
