St.James's Blog – January 2009 Archive (6)

Do you realize that some of life's greatest discoveries were created from mistakes? So, maybe its time too see the silver-lining through the clouds. We have all made a mistake or two...one time or another. The goocher is most of the time, we recover from whatever we trip over, dust ourselves off, and pick up the pieces. Then we try to reformulate what we have left and rebuild with what we've got the best way we can.



Well sometimes by pure accident we find our mistakes turn out to be… Continue

When the wheel of life turns, it could be signaling that a new journey or adventure is at hand. The wheel turning maybe an indication of change and/or tranformation. This is a time to look at where you are in your life's journey. Is this an end or the beginning of a journey? Is this where you are supposed to be?



This may be the moment in time when you strongly affect the lives of those around you. If your life is at a stalemate maybe it time to take a chance and spin the wheel for a… Continue

I had this question proposed to me on a non-recovery related site. Being a bit of a novice in defining the two distintions, I thought I'd jump into answering said question. Now I am sharing this question with you... (since I already have my answer below)







An interesting question...



That could be filled with reflective thoughts and have as much seeming depth as a mirror reflecting back the image of another mirror.



I've heard it said, and… Continue

Definition:

a cheerful or optimistic view of things, usually without valid basis: He saw life through rose-colored glasses.





...And what's wrong with that? If you got it...good. If you don't...no harm, no foul. Right?



Why not? Have you ever wondered if you were missing something, that everyone else around you seems to get? Maybe they see something that you don't? You are not alone. If ignorance is bliss, haven't you once in awhile just wanted to… Continue

Linked together like a cyclone fence, our very lives and the chain of events that shape our lives, become interwoven to make up who we are or destined to become. We are forged by the paths we walk, the people we connect too, the places we touch upon, and the things we find along the way.



Experience we find walking along the winding road that is life, and we gain a lot from these experiences. To experience life on terms and values that maybe we can't always control, but we find… Continue

How have I become this?



The person that I am...



At one time delivered into temptation,



Just so many things I could not resist.



Grasping for the stars be damn.



I had to take some time for contemplation.



Looking up at a bible black, sun-streaked sky,



This is a moment, not a "why, God why."



You light the way with your essence,



Worshipping around the fire, dancing in the dark,



While the… Continue