PoM 81
I used to attend Debtors Anonymous with a beautiful Armenian girl.
She said two things that really struck me: “DA is about self-care”…and “Part of self-care is getting enough sleep”.
Getting enough sleep may not give me peace of mind…but not getting enough sleep sho’ does precludes any possibility of peace of mind.
It says “He MAKES me lie down in green pastures…”
PoM 82
I listened to Beethoven’s last completed work, the 16 minute Grosse Fuge for string quartet this morning.
It is breathtakingly beautiful and fully obsessed.
Genius at that level is completely humbling…and that is good for me.
I feel peaceful…
Thanks Ludwig
PoM 83
My wife, Alona, said to me yesterday “This has been the best year of your life”.
She’s right…66 has been my best year.
I have a beautiful, young wife who loves me with all her heart.
My bubbly, boisterous son turns two years old today.
PrayerCall grows in depth, breadth and in numbers daily.
I have stopped all addiction in my life.
Exercise is at an all time high.
And I even get to play weird music a lot.
This is more than this old Southern boy deserves…but, thank you God.
PoM 84
In 1986 The first printing of the SLAA text boldly proclaimed: “…instead of passively turning ourselves over to God as a wholesale protector or a punitive, omnipotent dictator….Perhaps we were supposed to develop our full human capacities.”
Sometimes to achieve peace of mind I must struggle mightily to stop my mind from wandering forcefully.
Over and over again, disciplining myself, to let go of thoughts and focus.
As the long version of the Serenity Prayer says, “accepting hardship as a pathway to peace”.
PoM 85
When you’re tired…and you believe that some nasal analgesic is the solution.
If you have chest pains…and believe sex would solve the problem.
If you can’t sleep….and think that food is the answer.
Like me…you just may be an addict.
PoM 86
The Mayo clinic and the CDC both say that every American needs 30 minutes of moderate cardio exercise five times a week, plus twice a week strength exercise.
This is above and beyond the Food Addicts in Anonymous belief in no flour and no sugar.
This is above their weighing and measuring your food.
OA and FA stop the bad stuff…but here is the good stuff: Gardening, Walking, Running, Swimming, Biking, Playing with your Children.
It is an invitation, because…One view is G.O.D. is Great Out Doors