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| “You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking,playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.” G. K. Chesterton |
authenticity.
It was encouraging hearing about your growth through self-awareness. I respect your desire to respond more healthily to your daughter and not react, when with her.
Syd, thanks for adding your insight to this inn; it is always appreciated. I wish you the best. I wrote several posts about the loss of a cat that was dear to me. You'll see it in the sidebar. It's about Simple Pleasures and Lessons Learned from Alexander the Grey(t). I know you lost your beloved dog, not long ago.
Kelly, thanks for your honesty. Remember you are not alone. Take a look at page 189 in Hope for Today. You might want to review pages 16 and 13 in One Day At a Time.
I know you have page 13 marked up. It's always good to see pages 351, 280, 75, 81 and 329 in the same book. I've learned it does me no good to moan and groan about my problems. I need to move on---forward---with my life. Working with a healthy mentor allows me to see healthy alternatives. (See page 27 in Hope for Today, for example.) It allows me to create a better today.
The bottom of page 136 and the top of the next page in Paths to Recovery reminds me that spending excessive time focusing on the problem does neither me, nor others listening to me, any good.
Aileen, thank you for your post. I'm sorry you lost it. I'd like to help you with your difficulties in posting a comment here. I appreciate you trying. I regret I can read what you wrote, I know it was good.
Muse, I value the frequency of your comments. I also like your insights. I might ask you to do a guest blog for this inn. (Anyone else interested, let me know.)
Lowry, thanks for you posts. I like your positivity. Thank you, for encouraging me.
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Happy Anniversary Innkeeper.
Muse
Happy birthday to you and your blog. It takes time and interest to keep up a blog. And I think that it so helps my own recovery to write.
Muse,
Thanks for dropping by and celebrating with me. How are you?
Look forward to seeing you again.
Syd,
You said it, regarding blogs. Tolstoy eloquently stated that every time he wrote, he left some of his blood in the ink well.
Writing creates clarity and recovery for me, too. Random thoughts constantly percolate in my head. They cause frustration. When I scribble them on a page(even though I really use a laptop), I'm able to lay my musings in order, much to my relief.
Writing also allows me to create distance with my thoughts, permitting me a clearer perspective.
I enjoy your comments,
The Guy from the Left Coast talking to the Guy from the Right Coast.
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