The Lenten sabbatical from social media is a little over an hour away. It comes at what I would call an opportune moment, a time where I need to examine my life and develop a plan for moving forward. I’ve decided to take the Lenten season as a time to stay off of social mediaContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Eighty”
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100 Days of Writing – Day Seventy-Nine
Random thoughts and musings on this day… Nothing in particular as a topic to write about today, so I’ll just post random thoughts as they arise in my mind this beautiful Sunday morning… That’s all for right now…. David Lee
100 Days of Writing – Day Seventy-Two
In July of this past year, I was able to accomplish a major feat – I quit smoking. It was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. In the third week of December, I found myself in a difficult emotional situation and fell off the wagon and have had to start over allContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Seventy-Two”
100 Days of Writing – Day Sixty-Five
My simplistic take on addictive behaviors… There are those times in my life when addictions of one sort or another have found their way into my life. Upon examining my behaviors in hindsight, I can see where many of those habits came from. I think we all want ways to feel better,,, to cope withContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Sixty-Five”
100 Days of Writing – Day Sixty-One
“Fear – the evil and corroding thread that weaves its way through the very fabric of our existence.” – AA Big Book Fear is a part of our lives that can rear its ugly head in so many different ways. I know for myself, it’s played a major part of my thought life, especially overContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Sixty-One”
100 Days of Writing – Day Fifty-Nine
Shared reading and comments – From Tiny Buddha’s Inner Strength Journal by Lori Deschene 15 Things You Can’t Control (And what you can control instead)
100 Days of Writing – Day Fifty-Six
I saw this quote just yesterday and was reminded that both faith and fear share a lot in common. The basic premise for both is that we’ve chosen to believe in something that we cannot see. Sometimes that’s a bit hard to wrap your mind around until you consider that all that we can seeContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Fifty-Six”
100 Days of Writing – Day Fifty
Forty-eight days in and can still have that urge…. It’s been forty-eight days since I decided that I was going to quit smoking. It’s actually longer for that intention, but actually not smoking has been nearly seven weeks. And even now, after not having smoked 965 cigarettes, I can still get that urge. Twice I’veContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Fifty”
100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Eight
So many things we can become addicted to,,,,but why? I was talking with a friend last night about my continuing quest to be a non-smoker, lamenting how difficult some parts of the journey had been. She was tackling a similar issue with certain types of food she had been avoiding, for about the same lengthContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Eight”
100 Days of Writing – Day Thirty-Nine
What are five things I can do when I get the urge to smoke? I have a good friend Michael who, like myself has in the past been addicted to smoking. Although I was addicted to cigarettes and him to smoking a pipe, the results were much the same: nicotine became addictive and began affectingContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Thirty-Nine”
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