Can a person find balance when they need to make extreme changes? This is where I’m going in this post. Those words came to me as I laid down the other night after another hard workout... “Everything comes with a price…” It was Wednesday night, Day 16 of a streak dating back to August 29th … Continue reading EVERYTHING COMES WITH A PRICE
Tag: addiction recovery
I WANNA…UNTIL I DON’T WANNA
I WANNA… It’s a weekly topic of conversation in my office… sobriety, getting out of the legal system… getting “my life” together. I wanna get clean… I wanna get sober… I wanna get off probation… I wanna get back into my kids lives… It came up when I was a basketball coach… I wanna win … Continue reading I WANNA…UNTIL I DON’T WANNA
GANNETT PEAK
We live in a culture that more and more seems to require immediate gratification… immediate results, in order to hold our attention. If the reward doesn’t come quickly, we move on to other sources in search for that dopamine spike into our brain. However, those truly significant dreams we hold deep within our heart are … Continue reading GANNETT PEAK
The Spider and the Fly
(I didn’t see this post coming when I started my morning… but perhaps a lesson we can find a practical way to apply to our own lives.) I saw an interesting battle on my front porch this morning. A larger than average spider was lowering itself by its web out of the tree next to … Continue reading The Spider and the Fly
DEFINING THE SUMMIT
(Longs Peak taken from Twin Sisters) I’m taking steps toward writing a book (one of the mountains on my radar) and I’m learning there are so many steps ahead of me in this journey. I have invited a techie person into this process to tie together my webpage with a blog and my purchased domain, … Continue reading DEFINING THE SUMMIT
THE MOMENT WE’RE IN
This post is about looking forward, looking backwards, and the moment we’re in right now. It was conceived in my head as I stood downstairs in my basement making my second cup of coffee this morning, pondering a tragic event that took place earlier this week in the life of one of my probation clients. … Continue reading THE MOMENT WE’RE IN
FEELING GOOD IS NOT A PREREQUISITE
This is not really a post…it's simply a thought. So, because of that, this will be a short post and I'll keep moving forward. I pushed myself to get out of bed early this morning in efforts to reclaim my routine of "morning pages" (credit to Julia Cameron and her book The Artist's Way for … Continue reading FEELING GOOD IS NOT A PREREQUISITE
The IN-BETWEEN
(The IN-BETWEEN along the Glacier Gorge Trail...long before Sky Pond or Frozen Lake and the Spearhead come into view.) There’s a mysterious place along the trail between the Trailhead and the Summit called the “IN-BETWEEN”; a place along the way we never know we've come to until we realize our thoughts have begun to turn … Continue reading The IN-BETWEEN
TWO FLATS AND A SPARE
STANDING ON A CORNER… I love road-trips! There’s something about hitting the open road and driving through areas you don’t get to see every day, about the windshield-therapy that comes with expanding the perspective, about breaking free from the familiar and allowing the mind to perhaps get out of some well-established ruts. I’ve always … Continue reading TWO FLATS AND A SPARE
CLIMBING MOUNTAINS
WHAT DRAWS US TO THE MOUNTAIN? What stirs in a person’s heart to draw us to the mountaintop? The effort involved in preparing for and then getting to the trailhead, hiking up a trail with possibly 30% grades or more; dropping our heavy pack and stretching our ever-tightening hamstrings and lower back along the way, … Continue reading CLIMBING MOUNTAINS