My weaknesses are many, and I’m still a Work-In-Progress, but my main weaknesses, I think, are (1) catastrophic thinking, (2) a critical spirit, and (3) a flawed delivery system. Catastrophic Thinking. I grew up in a sailing family where I learned to anticipate trouble (fog or squall or rocks or collisions or whatever) and to Read More …

This is the first of ten questions from a list I posted yesterday in a blog entitled “Interesting  Questions?” I have been working on my answers for about two weeks, but the first answer emerged quite quickly. Why? I think because I practically live in Gratitude. I have garnered so many miracles since I started Read More …

I recently bumped into a list of questions so thought-provoking that I’ve spent the past few days working on my answers. This morning’s post is the full list of all ten questions. Here they are for your consideration: What are your three greatest strengths? What are your three greatest weaknesses? What do you like about Read More …

“Whit’s End: Breakdown to Breakthrough” is the story of how I got hoodwinked by DENIAL, which is not just a river in Egypt. It is no small miracle that anyone ever gets freed from the effects of living with Alcoholism, but this book shows miracles do still happen and that the key for opening the door Read More …

I woke up this morning to hear, “I AM over everything, everywhere. My Holy Spirit is in you, guiding you to find and follow Me. Follow Me!” At first, my faith could only take little leaps, but the results have been so encouraging that it is gradually morphing into a much more active attitude of Read More …

This morning, I bring a verse written by John Whittier from a hymn that sings, “Breathe through the heats of our desire, Thy coolness and Thy balm. Let sense be dumb; let flesh retire. Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still small voice of calm.” Chime in if you care to share! FYI, Read More …

Thanks to Step One, I finally saw myself as powerless over other people, places, and things. This was revelation, they told me in the rooms of recovery, and they encouraged me to accept the evidence of my powerlessness as actual fact. I “came to” and began to gather evidence in Step Two that my job Read More …

Halloween used to be for “kids of all ages” to dress up as someone/something they are not. My annual costume has been a Native American dress, plus a feather in a headband. Last year, my son told me that my costume was “appropriating someone else’s identity” even though I actually do have Indian DNA (albeit not Read More …

I woke up to an image of a hand with a “snow globe” in its open palm. There was no tiny cottage inside the globe; there were no gently floating flakes. Instead, there were planets and stars and even solar systems, and I got the message: “He’s got the whole world in His hand.” First Read More …

That I woke up this morning means I have been given a gift: another 86,400 seconds (if I live through the day), and I intend to use at least a few of them to thank God! Having an attitude of gratitude is, for me,  the antidote for discouragement of any kind. What are about you. Read More …