Category: Authenticity
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Actor Eric Dane recently died at 53. I didn’t know much about him beyond the fact that he had ALS, but I saw part of a video he recorded for his family. In it he told them something simple but very powerful… “Live now.” Don’t wait. Don’t assume you’ll have time later. Live now. That…
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It was cold and windy yesterday as I took my daily walk. Very cold. But unless the weather is utterly unbearable, I walk. I even walk in the rain here. For me, there’s just something about being in and surrounded by the mountains that heals me and clears my mind. After I complete my rounds…
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Today I’m getting to exercise my ability to choose the good. I remember a long time ago a man I had a lot of respect for told me that when things are rough is when we really get to see that we have choices in how we react to unpleasant situations. I was telling him…
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I wrote recently about how much I love good conversations. Since then, I’ve had a couple of conversations that have stayed with me in a pretty deep way. One was with someone in recovery, and one was with someone who’s never had to navigate recovery at all, but like everyone else, has still had their…
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Those who’ve followed this blog (and my previous one) know I moved to New Mexico from Texas six years ago. But if you’re new here, welcome, and here are some thoughts that popped into my head today. One of my sons and his wife are currently visiting Texas. Next month, my wife, our youngest son,…
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I’ve got to be really open right now. I’ve been carrying something heavy since Sunday, and trying to push it down hasn’t worked. It’s started to make me feel physically unwell, which tells me I need to write about it despite risk of backlash. I’m honestly bewildered by what I’ve been seeing. So many people…
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Something I’ve noticed since getting clean is how much I love good conversations. I learn so much just by listening to people. I don’t remember ever having conversations like this before. I think there are two reasons for that. One, when I was drinking or taking pills I wasn’t very interested in listening, I was…
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A few nights ago I had one of the roughest nights and days I’ve had since acute withdrawal. I’ve had waves before, the sudden returns of withdrawal symptoms, but none as intense as this one. Thankfully they’re fewer and farther apart now, but this one hit really hard. I think it started with a nightmare…
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Do you believe in miracles? If you do, what qualifies as a miracle in your view? A lot of people think of miracles as something enormous, events so extraordinary they seem to defy all known laws of nature. That’s certainly one way to understand the word, and for a long time, that’s how I understood…
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