I can easily compare actors and athletes to politicians. Quite often, people voice their disappointments with a particular professional athlete or movie star. This tends to happen even more around election time. Actors spend their lives pretending to be someone else, but their fans are always surprised to find out that he or she had … Continue reading My Thoughts This Morning [Actors, Athletes & Politicians]
Category: Empath
Everyone is invited to learn something from this category, but please keep this in mind. Empaths are born, not made. You’re either an Empath or your not. It can’t be learned or gifted.
Today was an incredibly important day for me. This afternoon, I graduated from an Outpatient Drug Therapy Program. If you have not read those posts, I've been in treatment for the past two years. During these last two years, I have built an incredible new life and made a few fantastic accomplishments. I have started … Continue reading Graduation Day
Like so many other short stories I post here, this may sound too strange to be real. I guarantee this event happened. In fact, it's only rated a five or six on my wierdshitometer! For my life, it was just another day. At the time, I was living in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora in a rather … Continue reading The Journals [Did Someone Order a Cellphone?]
During my eight years with The United States Army Reserve, I trained as both a Combat Medic and a Heavy Equipment Operator. I did not take full advantage of my military opportunities. Looking back, I regret not doing so. I have spent the past 20 years regretting not becoming a Paramedic. Even now, each time … Continue reading The Journals [Becoming a First Responder]
I wrote this a couple of months ago. We had some down time at work, and I was thinking about a strange tomato plant I'd seen a few years ago. The Novel was already finished by then. I did not include this conversation in the book. Solomon and Shelby are the two main characters from … Continue reading Novel Excerpts [The Tomato Plant]
Lately, I find myself wanting to tell people, "stay safe!" Okay, recently, nearly everyone I meet says, "stay safe." Or "be safe!" Hmmmmm . . . what's different in the world? Why are we all wishing safety upon each other? Is it the virus? Is it the high number of fools terrorizing their home towns … Continue reading My Thoughts This Morning [Stay Safe Everyone]
Therapy through self-expression, I inscribe these secrets about my life and myself. At times, I feel like I am sending an urgent message directly to the Universe with [Open Immediately] scrawled across the front. Occasionally, I find myself speaking in code to a single soul, though I've displayed the words for all to see. I'm … Continue reading Enjoying The Wait
I do not dwell on my pain, but sometimes I write about pain and healing. Pain is vital and necessary. Our pain creates us, and we are our pain. Where would we be without pain and suffering? I believe that everyone has something to turn to during those times of pain and crisis. Possibly a … Continue reading Love Never Lost
Recently, I posted something about my Crash Report. [Crash Report] is the name I have given to my Dream Journals. Back in January, I began recording my dreams. The key, of course, is documenting every available detail as soon as I open my eyes. Otherwise, as you undoubtedly know, the dream tends to fade away. … Continue reading Reflection of Self
Unfortunately for the addict, the enemy is addiction, and addiction has unlimited resources. Yes, our enemy has been planning for battle, going to war, and killing addicts since coping skills first came into existence. Like combat, the battle of maintaining sobriety is a fluid situation, and the enemy [addiction] is watching every move we make, … Continue reading Careful What You Wish For [Addiction & Recovery]
