Not Worth Dying For (repeat after me)

Misused, ripped off and abused by drugs?  What a terrible blow, what can you do, where can you go to find some peace of mind? I suggest that you seek out the nearest AA or NA recovery group to find some sanity and maybe find God. In those rooms, you will recover.  If you don’t try you’re going to die. Or be locked up in darkness.

Misused, ripped off and abused by drugs?  What a terrible blow, what can you do, where can you go to find some peace of mind? I suggest that you seek out the nearest AA or NA recovery group to find some sanity and maybe find God. In those rooms, you will recover. If you don’t try you’re going to die. Or be locked up in darkness. 

Cleanup On Aisle 3

What, again? I just made a mess of my inner thought life by letting bad thoughts creep in and sit for awhile. I'd better hurry and call for a "Cleanup on Aisle 3." The bad thoughts I'm talking about are resentments, self-seeking and fear.  These thoughts always put me in a state of discontentment and make me a harder person to live with. If I allow bad thoughts to continue unchecked, then even worse problems will happen.

Fortunately I have been given the spiritual power to clean up my thoughts by the exercise of will power. But first, I have to recognize that my thinking is trash! Then I must change my bad thoughts and quickly; before anyone else slips in my mess.  

Welcome To Somewhere

Welcome, bienvenue, bienvenido,  έkâbo to a good place, a bad place, to bondage or to freedom and to the rest of your life! 
That's what the sign should have said but it just said, “Welcome to Houston!” I never left again except for short visits and vacations elsewhere. I was twenty four years old on arrival but now my age has more than doubled. I have now been married  for over half of my life and have been blessed with two children who are themselves now married. But what did it all mean? The character in 'Saving Private Ryan,' put it this way: "Have I been a good man?" It's truly been  a mixed bag experience but I can now say confidently that all the bad things I've done have been forgiven. At least by God. He's given me a lasting grace even through today and in this I find great peace. I've always wished for this kind of peace and now I have it.

Maybe now it’s your turn to go somewhere where a welcome sign will greet you. If it's here you've come, then Welcome to Houston!