Archive for January, 2009
…here it is:
It’s not always rainbows and butterflies,
It’s compromise that moves us along…
—She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5
Simple enough. You’ve gotta give a little to get.
And once again, there’s another word that can have a negative connotation, but doesn’t have to.
Compromise can be a good thing.
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Change and candy canes.
“It works if you work it.”
I quoted this Alcoholics Anonymous slogan in an earlier post, and noted that I had so far found it holding true in my case. AA is a program of action. Taking part in the program doesn’t mean I can just sit on my butt, wishing for sobriety to be gloriously [...]
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When I heard the news about the US Airways flight that crashed into the Hudson River yesterday, I was amazed to learn that every single person had made it out safely. Wow.
I watched the reporting for a bit, then went to sit outside on my porch.
I looked up at the crisp blue sky and offered [...]
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I fell off the wagon.
Don’t worry – I didn’t start drinking.
I’m talking about the AA meeting wagon that I was riding. The one that was rolling along, carrying me so nicely and relatively smoothly through these first months of sobriety. Stopping at a morning meeting here…a lunch meeting there… About two a week, by my count.
I had the schedule [...]
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Sobraiku #2
glowing fireplace night
brimming red glass of my past
yields to fragrant tea
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