The nearness and awareness of death awakens me to life, and love.

our application for permanent residence in Canada was approved. In record time. (8 mos.)
After all these years and hard work... finally... we're moving to Toronto!
WooHoo!

My relationship with the world and people about me - how I relate with and treat them - is a direct reflection of my relationship with my higher power.

In my attempts at authoring a step guide I am having such a wonderful experience.
Always seem to gain new insight.

I was considering Step two in which we attempt to identify and lay aside prejudice against spiritual matters.

Part of my own bias was simply the word "spirit" or "spiritual".
many years later I can look back and see my life ruled by ( Read more... )

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have. Today can be a healthy unusual day for you -- and for others -- if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . to write a note of gratitude ( Read more... )

The wonderful thing for me is I never went as far as some. Or is it so wonderful?
Never got a DUI.
Never got arrested (except for that little thing at 15yo...
My paranoid dealer never shot me with his 357...nor did I kill anyone.
Never lost a job.

The problem was NEVER alcohol,( The problem was NEVER alcohol )

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?
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what do you get when you have a 46 year old man jump head-first on a sled going down a snowy hill for the first time in 30 years?

Red snow.

I have come to the conclusion that macadamia nuts are the worst, eye-burning, ozone-destroying, gagging, stinky, nostril-searing, underwear-melting, blue-jean-burning fart-producers ever ingested by mankind.

I would suggest not procuring as snacks for long car rides.

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