I wonder where the richest place in the world is. Is it oil fields, diamond mines or Wall Street? No. It is our cemeteries. Too many of us die without fulfilling our dreams. An unwritten book, a business idea that never made it to paper let alone a brick & motor building or possibly a vacation to the other side of the world with a loved one.
Today I attended the funeral of a good friend and co-worker. He was 47 years old and died of cancer. He will never see his dreams fulfilled of walking his now 16 year old daughter down the aisle or seeing his 12 year old son drive for the first time. On a more mundane level, he will never get the business he loved to the next level.
As problem drinkers, we have dreams too but say we?ll get to them tomorrow. We are like five birds perched on our barstools. One decides to fly away, leave drinking behind and achieve his dreams. So how many birds are left? Still Five. He has only ?decided? to quit drinking. He has yet to take action.
There was a wake after the funeral. Alcohol and tears flowed. I thank God for MWO and all of y?all, as the actions I have taken over the past 11 AF days (all but the Topomax ? supps as prescribed, CDs, proper diet and exercise) got me through another (difficult) day.
I realize now that that wonderful tomorrow where everything will magically change will never come on its own. It is the little things we chose to do right now, everyday, which will either propel us forward or tear us down in the long run. I can dig a grave with my teeth eating hamburgers and drinking booze or nourish my body and mind with H2O, supps and CDs.
I choose to take action in fulfilling my dreams and thus rob the cemetery. My dreams that reduce me to tears are being a published author (does this thread count? wink - wink), financially independent and finding a spiritual partner who is my equal as well as simply having a healthy body. This will make the pearly gates happy as I will have achieved heaven on Earth.
What do you dream of? And what actions are you willing to take to achieve those dreams?
Today I attended the funeral of a good friend and co-worker. He was 47 years old and died of cancer. He will never see his dreams fulfilled of walking his now 16 year old daughter down the aisle or seeing his 12 year old son drive for the first time. On a more mundane level, he will never get the business he loved to the next level.
As problem drinkers, we have dreams too but say we?ll get to them tomorrow. We are like five birds perched on our barstools. One decides to fly away, leave drinking behind and achieve his dreams. So how many birds are left? Still Five. He has only ?decided? to quit drinking. He has yet to take action.
There was a wake after the funeral. Alcohol and tears flowed. I thank God for MWO and all of y?all, as the actions I have taken over the past 11 AF days (all but the Topomax ? supps as prescribed, CDs, proper diet and exercise) got me through another (difficult) day.
I realize now that that wonderful tomorrow where everything will magically change will never come on its own. It is the little things we chose to do right now, everyday, which will either propel us forward or tear us down in the long run. I can dig a grave with my teeth eating hamburgers and drinking booze or nourish my body and mind with H2O, supps and CDs.
I choose to take action in fulfilling my dreams and thus rob the cemetery. My dreams that reduce me to tears are being a published author (does this thread count? wink - wink), financially independent and finding a spiritual partner who is my equal as well as simply having a healthy body. This will make the pearly gates happy as I will have achieved heaven on Earth.
What do you dream of? And what actions are you willing to take to achieve those dreams?
I'm not talking about looks here folks!:ey:
A cyber-crush eh?! Guess I need to tweak my partner goal - Giggle ... I'd like a partner of the opposite sex ... LOL. PS I'm going to post some humerous (yet scary) vintage advertisments in the picture section soon.
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