"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."   Abraham Lincoln I for sure thought that happiness was not ...

I never used to think about whether I loved my country or not.  I knew that I was supposed to, but I never really thought about it one way o...

Sometime in 1995 I listened to some CDs in the car that were recordings of a class a gal taught on how to work the 12 Steps on just our spir...

I've been taught that expectations are premeditated resentments.  Reality is that I am a terrible predictor of the future - which is whe...

Some of the stuff I used to believe I just picked up unconsciously from the culture (media, etc.) and some was taught to me (parents, school...

After learning to take care of myself physically and emotionally, my spiritual mother began to teach me about other people and how to be in ...

By the time I had reached recovery, guilt was my middle name.  I felt like a total failure at everything.  I especially felt terrible about ...

When I first read about "outgrowing fear," I thought it was a crazy idea.  I believed that fear was more or less an instinct and h...

I dreamed last night that my dearly departed husband had left me for another woman.  I was devastated and tried to talk him into coming back...

After she taught me the basics of physical self-care, my dear spiritual mother began to show me the next vital responsibilities I had - taki...

The first things I learned about taking care of myself were extremely basic.  The beautiful lady I call my spiritual mother explained to me ...

Taking care of myself was not a concept I had ever heard of, let alone practiced when I entered adulthood.  In fact, I am still learning how...

I don't watch the news very much because there's so much trouble in the world I can't do anything about.  I do try to catch up o...

In recent years I've realized that I had a lot of beliefs that I acquired as a child that are not true at all.  I doubt that anyone actu...

It's been a long time since I've written a letter to an elected official.  I live in a state where all the elected officials think e...

Amazon.com has read my mind.  I get emails every few days, letting me know about books I might want to read based on what I've purchased...

It seems so strange to me how my mind wants to be so passive.  Maybe it's the character defect of sloth.  I made no plans for my birthda...

I think it was 1964.  I had a baby and a two year old.  It was early in the morning and I wasn't all the way awake.  I had just changed ...

I love company.  I love solitude.  In the past week I've had both.  First my daughter and her oldest son and his wife were here, and we ...

The last time I was bored I was about four years old and in church with my parents.  There was not one single thing for a four year old to d...