Morning Musings

I love my quiet time in the morning.

Seems I wake up, more often than not with the FID’s.  That’s:  Fear Of Impending Doom.  I don’t know why I seem to “come to” most days in this state, but, thank God (or Good Orderly Direction, or Source, or Universal Intelligence, or whatever you want to call it), I do know what to do about it. Continue reading “Morning Musings” »


February 18, 2011

It’s not enough to just want it, no matter how heartfelt that desire.  I have to know how to do it.   I have a friend in alcohol recovery who once said that he spent many of  his non-sober years trying […]

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February 17, 2011

The only person inside my head is me, so only I can really know what my tipping point is in any given situation.  And it is a bit of a moving target at that.  On a day where I am […]

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February 16, 2011

“Screw it” is the end of a whole chain of thoughts and actions.  I just about never say “screw it” from a position of strength, on a day when I have been totally on track and when my environment has […]

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February 15, 2011

The foot bone is connected to the ankle bone.  Chances are I keep screwing myself up in the same ways over and over again – studies show that most people do.  I may only have to change a few  critical […]

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February 14, 2011

If every success is mine, then so must be every derailment.   There is really only one common denominator in every incident…me.  I would help myself out considerably if I would just have the courage to look at exactly how I […]

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February 13, 2011

Amazing how the most appalling desperation can fade from memory at the sight of a zeppoli.  Seemingly out of the blue (but not really), I absolutely don’t care about my health or my weight – at least for that moment […]

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