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Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

Maybe it comes with age, but I’m in a place of peace and acceptance now. Anxiety and depression plague me from time to time and…

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Pillows of Silk

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Posted on February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

Faith takes immense courage, courage takes strength, strength takes tenacity, tenacity takes endurance and endurance means letting go.

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The waiting game

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Posted on January 21, 2022February 10, 2022

It’s not easy but it is possible. You are the one on this journey, no one else, so don’t let people tell you what to do or influence you to do something different than what you know to be true for you.

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I’m Fine

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Posted on January 18, 2022February 10, 2022

If you tell one person about this blog and they tell one person and that person tells another, this whole thing might help one individual…

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The White Flag

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Posted on January 11, 2022January 13, 2022

At the beginning it seemed impossible to get my head wrapped around that notion. How could surrender ever bring victory?

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Take Time

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Posted on December 9, 2021

Life was this constant race, either I was running, or being chased — always on the go. I couldn’t sit still, I couldn’t stop. I needed alcohol to fuel myself; the more I burned, the more I needed.

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Any Lengths

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Posted on December 8, 2021

At the beginning of this new journey I made an oath to be willing to go to “any lengths” – but what does that mean exactly?

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The Devil is Not in the Details

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Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021

I guess you could say that among that pile of garbage was a gem even I couldn’t see.

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November 11th

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Posted on November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

I suffered from a condition called “Terminal Uniqueness”. I was always focused on the differences between myself and others, now I look for similarities and often find many.

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Second Chances

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Posted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021

I’ve been givin’ so many “Second Chances” that it almost seems ridiculous,. How could one escape death so many times without a greater power intervening?

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