I Don't Know

Pastor Gary had a great sermon last week.  He said there are 3 little words that can be very powerful for us to remember, I don't know.  Mt first thought was I love you, but Gary was going somewhere else on this day.

Gary warned us about the overabundance of know-it-all's in our world, and we might fall into this mentality.  Suddenly, in order to keep up, we are passing judgement and throwing out opinions as if we are the experts.  It's better to step back and admit you don't know why this or that occurred.

Gary mentioned that at funerals it's okay to observe that we don't know what God is up to by taking this person.  I've thought alot about this in the past week.  On one hand, we want our Pastor to have all the answers.  On the other hand, I would appreciate the truthful "I don't know" and the simple "I'm sorry this happened" approach.

    

When My Time Comes

I Love the song When My Time Comes by Dawes.  I wasn't sure what the song is about but I know it moves me.  Here is one person's view from songmeanings.net:


I think this song is about growing up and how we all forlornly escape the present to the future. We have a very structured world with governments, and religions, and ideologies and at first we think that those things will grant us an opportunity to be great. Then we start looking at all the bad things or "side-effects" so to speak in the world and make out our own way towards self-discovery and greatness. And it all results in the futile efforts of finding meaning. So we keep singing about how the future will be better if only to escape the reality that we don't know how that will happen.

The idea of this song is something commonly expressed in books, movies, tv, songs and all types of art but Dawes does it in an incredibly moving and almost heart-wrenching way. Great song. I really dig it. Hope this helped.


I'd like to tell Dawes to consult his Higher Power!!

Jeff's Recovery

In the new Rolling Stone, Jeff Tweedy was asked about his past problems with painkillers.  He said it's been 7 years since he was in the hospital, but getting well doesn't make you forget the impact of addiction, or the memory of the anguish you can experience.  Jeff said a lot of the song "Sunloathe" is mocking the internally manufactured abyss of addiction.  He said a common thread in a lot of his songs is being angry at his own self-pity, or self-pity in general, in the face of real suffering in the world.  Jeff says he's feeling great and more and more comfortable in his skin.  In his creative life he has infinitely more stamina and ability to focus on the joy of making songs up.  Jeff used his year mostly to be home and take his kids to school and have a bit of a normal routine.  It was the first year of high school for his son Spencer so Jeff thought it would be a good time to have a dad around.

I often focus on the joy of listening to Jeff's music, thankful that he overcame his addiction.      

Speaker Meeting

Attended the Speaker Meeting at Serenity Path last night and was inspired by Mary.  Mary knows her big book!!  Mary looks and talks like a person that has it all together, but by sharing her story you find out that she has had a long tough battle with the booze.  Time for me to spend some time with the big book!!    
Good to see everybody, especially Debbie.  What a gift to have someone look at you, smile and sincerely say "it was really good to see you."  There are very few walking this earth that will say that and mean it, please cherish those people.  Happy Birthday Bill, thanks for all you do.
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