I woke early this morning and headed for my retreat down in the basement where the center-piece is my espresso machine. My mind was a blank canvas that I assumed would remain blank as thoughts of writing in recent weeks have become more rare. I look at the steps I am taking and it would … Continue reading Listening to the Silence
Tag: mindset
LIKE
My supervisor is a developing musician. We spend most of our time talking about how the brain is wired, how to make changes in our current life-patterns, and how to connect with our inner creative side. This certainly applies to our work with probation clients, but it becomes more meaningful when we apply it to … Continue reading LIKE
HERE’S THE PROBLEM…
There’s a lot of time spent on the trail between the Trailhead and the Summit; a lot of time for the mind to go in various directions. I’m a reflector… a ponderer… and, as a coworker recently said, a ruminator. At times, I can get lost out in the wilderness of my thoughts, requiring Search … Continue reading HERE’S THE PROBLEM…
BECOMING STRONGER THAN THE EXCUSES
As a person who's spent years working with people in the throes of addiction, I am fully aware that the battle to become clean and sober is never over. The demons never really leave, they simply take up residence on the outskirts of town and await an opportune time to test our convictions... always looking … Continue reading BECOMING STRONGER THAN THE EXCUSES
TIME FOR A BREAK
Can we talk? Can we find a nice rock with a great view; sit down on this trek up the mountainside; rest the legs a bit… and just talk? Can we be in the moment… enjoy the views from where we are, give ourselves a moment to feel good about our progress upward, and just … Continue reading TIME FOR A BREAK
THE MISSING PIECE
PUTTING TOGETHER A PUZZLE You open the box of a 1000-piece puzzle and dump the contents out on a table. The pieces fall into a chaotic pile, and you begin to spread them out and turn them face up, working to establish some order to the mess. You grab each piece without giving much thought … Continue reading THE MISSING PIECE
EVERYTHING COMES WITH A PRICE
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
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
CAIRNS
Mount Ida stands at almost 12,900 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park. The trailhead sits just west of the visitor’s center at the top of Trail Ridge Road, a 48-mile paved alpine road connecting the east and west entrances of the park. There are plenty of mountains that stand taller than Ida in RMNP, and … Continue reading CAIRNS