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The darkness in our lives can and should be our teacher

I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about the darkness that exists in our world ad seeks to consume and destroy all that’s good about life.  My rationale for spending this time with darkness isn’t because I have… Continue Reading →

If any one of us is sick, then it's up to all of us to make him/her well

In any context, when a person begins a new undertaking, there are four (4) ways in which he or she can proceed: 1) Committed; 2) Compliant; 3) Resistant; or, 4) Apathetic.   Really, I’m ok with working with the first three. … Continue Reading →

Partying while driving is so not a good idea…

The wind was both cold and strong when I set out on my morning’s run.  I never have a goal; I clear my head and let the rise and falls of the terrain guide my pace.  Today though, I couldn’t… Continue Reading →

A new approach to Addiction treatment, wrap-up

In my opinion, people want to be accepted and loved despite being flawed.  Whatever a given person perceives those flaws to be, to me, that’s THE basic human desire.   To try to explain, let’s look at someone I’ll call, “Joe.” … Continue Reading →

A new approach to Addiction treatment, wrap-up

In my opinion, people want to be accepted and loved despite being flawed.  Whatever a given person perceives those flaws to be, to me, that’s THE basic human desire.   To try to explain, let’s look at someone I’ll call, “Joe.” … Continue Reading →

New approach to Addiction treatment, part 2

The sad thing is that, though the Collective Capacity is universal, not everyone accesses, feels, believes, or even wants to partake of what it does.  Because death’s negative energy is prevalent, despair grows within a person and replaces all choices… Continue Reading →

Can't wish addiction away

It’s tough to want health for someone we love when he or she isn’t well.  We pray and wish and hope that somehow health will overtake sickness in a blink of an eye.  And when that sickness is addiction, our… Continue Reading →

What is left behind?

When I attend funerals, I watch people lined up like ants locked on to a food source, hoping for inspiration to find words to heal wounds.  But none come.  Instead of helping, the drone of the “I’m sorry’s” and “Is… Continue Reading →

Comfort makes for complicity

I like to sit back in my favorite chair and sip my coffee.  It’s a comfortable chair and I find that I become calm and relaxed.  Especially in the winter: If I have my snuggie, my coffee, and my chair;… Continue Reading →

Is there greed behind antidepressants?

I read an article called The Medicated Americans, some Barber fellow and it bugged me. Barber (2008) is a descriptive study that asserts that the medical community tends to prescribe various antidepressants for common life problems and not for clinical depression. … Continue Reading →

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