This image kinda shocks me, but it also makes me laugh. Am I hiding around the finger-of-fate-in-fear, or just the clear point of the finger-of-fuck-you? Leave me alone. Question mark with exclamatory defiance. This is how I try to reconcile the beating around the bush of looking at myself (personal inventory of the Fourth Step) …
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We all are driven by our instincts. But sometimes we don’t watch where we’re going and we trip up. We take our God given instincts, so necessary for our survival, beyond what Mother Nature intended. We drink when the stock market goes up. We drink when the stock market goes down. We take the f-i-g-h-t …
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If you’ve never heard about AA–like me in when I was 39 years old, God showed up and brought me to meetings and the AA literature to find a new way of life. If you’d have asked me in my twenties or thirties if I would ever hold a book in divine reverence like a …
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It’s amazing how closed-minded many newcomers to AA are based on their past experiences with religion or somewhat vague with no real daily practice or moral compass instilled through their family of origin, or with church leader, or school counselor. It is at this early step that an individual’s belief systems come into the light. …
In the movie ‘Young Frankenstein’ Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (who insists his name is pronounced “Fronkensteen”) played by Gene Wilder, becomes curious of his grandfather’s study of reanimating a dead human body, and has a task for his odd hunchback assistant, Igor, to break into the town’s morgue and steal a brain for his experimental subject. …
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This title is the last phrase in the Twelfth Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous: “Principles before Personalities.” The last step in Twelve step recovery also rings true with; “Practice these Principles in all our Affairs.” These are coined with another oft-used phrase, “moral compass.” These phrases, are my embodiment of being given a tip to a …
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I’d have to say it was the iPod Shuffle. No heavy armband or having to hold a phone and buy expensive earbuds that easily get misplaced: Songs you can upload or replace when you click onto Music, and carry with you in a miniature device–With simple controls you can use by touch without having to …
Would we like an IPO that pays dividends and has a long-term outlook on earning per share that will never enter bubble territory or collapse earning per share? Wouldn’t this make us happy? Welcome to Space Q. Our quantum creative reality that isn’t on the Nasdaq or ever become listed on the S&P. Just like …
We are not returning to a previous version of ourselves; we are arriving at a new level that requires all previous experiences to be accessed. The masks we wear in public, by our ego or exterior surface–is finally breaking. Our dream state or creative self–not a part of our daily do list–what our executive function …
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I asked AI to respond to the recent WordPress writing prompt asking, What Proverb do you disagree with? I didn’t ask about any contradictions, but just asked Chrome Gemini AI to name the top three sayings: It came up with, “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover,” “Actions speak louder than words,” and “Better late …
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