"A Tall, Dark Stranger"

   "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
                                                                                                 Aesop

Morning Meditation:

    Virtue is its own reward, addiction its own punishment. Breathe deep. Breathe in. It costs too much to do nothing. Breathe out. You cannot live your life in these trenches. Breathe deep. Breathe in. Breathe in, then slowly out. You did not drink today.

      Fear can be good. A solid part of survival of the fittest. My life has shown me that.


   But many, many fears that I have had have been unhealthy fears. “A fear faced is a fear erased,” as the saying goes, but it may not sound that overtly simple when translated into Spanish or French. I am talking about the meaning behind the words. “A fear faced is a fear erased” for me can sometimes also mean “Turn it over, Rover. Don’t let Jimmy take over!”

from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Day 89)