Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active. Never use a…
20 Years Today (one day at a time)
I don’t usually post personal information on my weblog but today I felt it was appropriate and for anyone reading it, it is for you. I also wanted to keep a record of how I feel on this day after 20 years of sobriety from alcohol addiction. In some ways it seems a short time…
Growing Old (Inspirational Outlook)
GROWING OLD The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it, and let her know….
Meditation for men who do too much (Jonathon Lazear)
When we are not sure, we are alive Graham Greene There’s a smugness, a dead-endedness, a finality, in being certain. When we are certain, we’re not open to new ideas or methods. Life is less an adventure and more an unending corridor. Being certain, being closed, is not life affirming. Many of us work addicts…
After the winter God sends the Spring
Springtime is a season of hope and joy and cheer There’s beauty all around us to see and touch and hear, So no matter how downhearted and discouraged we may be, New hope is born when we behold leaves budding on a tree Or when we see a timid flower push through the frozen sod…
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