I have been to my share of recovery-related support groups and one thing I’ve always appreciated about the 12-step format is the advice to “Take the best and leave the rest.” In other words, when you hear some bit of…
Read MoreIf you really did grow out of the ground, what would you be? A type of tree? A certain flower? A field of green grass? Would you blossom underground like a root vegetable? Spread across whatever you touch, like a…
Read MoreDo you go from moment to moment worrying about whether or not you will take your next breath (or how to, or if your breathing is as good as the next guy’s)? Natural growth does not include worry …
Read MoreIn my last post, I talked about integrity – how it “grows out of who you are at the core of your being…” But how do we know who we are at our core? And how did that ‘core’ get…
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