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reality Check   Last night, in talking with a fellow who I work with as a guide and mentor, I was faced with a reality check. It was a reminder, and a mini-awakening. Seated in the room with me was a friend of long standing, a doctor, who through abuse of substance and things that can go with it, has suffered serious brain damage. While his wife is out of town, he stays with us. During the phone conversation, the discussion  basic stuff, accepting that we are powerless over cer... Read More

I am finaly owning up to my own problems, over years now I have used spending, just buying myself another little treat to fill in the gaps in my life. They never lastand the financial problems which I create are becoming more and more severe.

I do not want to live like this anymore, I want to find contentement and fulfilment in God, I want to become the person He has created me to be and not simply one who is always draining away her potential through worry. I want to drop my competent ma... Read More

Just wanted to pass along two devotions from Max Lucado on HOPE in this blog and the next. They encouraged me again, stirring the fires into some small flames that warms the cold parts of my heart......prodigalreturned. ___________________   Hope is not what you expect; it is what you would never dream. It is a wild, improbable tale with a pinch-me-I'm-dreaming ending. It's Abraham adjusting his bifocals so he can see not his grandson, but his son. It's Moses standing in the promised land n... Read More

In the Spirit of Step 10, let me re-phrase that title question: "Do I really give a shit???" As I take personal inventory and promptly admit those things that are wrong, it is a haunting question, especially in light of this very long work week that's not done until Sunday evening....

I know, that's such a base question, but in that "base-ness" lies an undercurrent that runs through our lives, certainly my mind and heart at times struggling with that great paradox and uncertainty---"How m... Read More