Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
To read the post in its optimal format please go to the Just A Thought website. “Rise up, oh dead of Ireland, and rouse our living men. The chance has come to us to at last win our own again. Life springs from death and from the graves of dead patriot men and women spring living nations.” ~ Pádraig Pearse St. Patrick’s Day is around … Continue reading The Warrior’s Harp
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. ***** “Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore As we all steel ourselves for the long night ahead with the world in such need it’s good to remember — The song of the nightingale. Are you like a nightingale who sings … Continue reading The Song of the Nightingale
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. If you’re anything like me some of your best lessons in life have come from some of our oldest teachers. Maybe the greatest of all was Aesop, the ancient Greek storyteller. Aesop was a slave who lived around the mid-6th Century BCE. It’s said he won his freedom through … Continue reading Inspiration from Aesop
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. I believe all of us, at some point in our lives, are called to do an honest, thorough self‑examination of: our behavior, our motives, our temperament, in order to understand who we are, how our actions affect other people, and in order to raise the level of our game. … Continue reading Taming the Whirlwind
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. The greatest lesson I was ever taught was on — LETTING GO. Every now and again I come upon a story that startles me in its clarity. Here is one on letting go. The Traveler and the Anchor A young seeker, carrying a heavy rucksack filled with maps, holy … Continue reading Thy Kingdom Come — My Kingdom Go