All,
I've been meaning for a little while to blog about the events of my life over the past couple of months, and where I'm at these days. The truth is, after completing my 3-week recovery retreat at the Sundown M Ranch, I have been SO BUSY that I've been neglectful of my self-imposed blogging obligations.
Busy in a good way, though. It just seems that there is a lot to do, for a lot of people, for a lot of projects, and these days I'm able to perform much more effectively. Someone upstairs must have gotten some notion of this newfound effectiveness, because I've certainly found more of these sorts of 'assignments' funneled my way. It's nice to be able to respond to them.
So anyway, the exterior stuff is all good, as some of you know. I live in a great house with some great guys in Kennewick, I still work for Hertz as a regional IT Manager, I quit smoking on NYE, I quit drinking on October 17, 2007, I've lost like 23 lbs., I'm planning a trip to Assisi in May, I still like girls, and I still have a driver's license. HOW good all this stuff is would have blown my mind if you would have told me about it 5 months ago. (It still blows my mind).
The real stuff, though, the interior stuff......the stuff of the Spirit. Well, I could go on and on. But, I happened to come across a most excellent article, written by a Carmelite nun named Barbara Breaud, that sums up the goings-on of my soul and my efforts as effectively as I ever could. It isn't very long, and in its highly practical examination of the 12-step approach, Sr. Breaud manages to highlight some Catholic names and transmitters of inspired thought that you may recognize. Sundown M Ranch, by the way, is a 12-step based recovery/treatment center, and a very good one.
So, if you want to know what is really going on with me these days, what I'm doing with my energy and where I find my energy, I strongly encourage you to read the linked article. I've linked to it in a printer-friendly format, so feel free to print and highlight. You might even learn something about yourself.
The 12 Steps and St. John of the Cross
I love you all and pray that this New Year brings us all great peace and joy!
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4 comments:
John,
Thank you for the update! You are a very brave and smart soul and we are so proud of you. Keep up the good example for us all. You look GREAT, I must say, and I am glad that things are going the way that they are for you.
Love you like mad.
Katie
Boo. That is some sweet stuff, broo-bro.
John no words can explain the joy and happiness I have for your health and inspiration. I love you. Thanks for all of your prayers and support for my Dad. Everyday counts.
Thanks for the update, John, we're so glad to hear that things are going so well for you.
We'd love to have you for a visit in Bellingham...we can go in the hot tub and see some of that new body you got going on.
Love you,
Bill
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