I participate in two telephone conference calls every morning, both of them related to my spiritual journey. And in both calls, there are participants who have been part of my recovery journey for all 35 years. That's amazing to me. It's not that I don't still have loving friends from high school and college who I see or talk to on occasion, but these particular "phone buddies" know me in the most intimate of ways. As I know them. And we are committed to loving and cherishing each other's heart while walking, side by side through the brambles of life. [...]
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5 It's said that football is the great national pastime. For sure, it's a good excuse for parties, for waging bets, for eating chips and chili. Many who don't much like the game gather in the living rooms of friends any way. Being part of a group feels good to most of us. And many of us lived outside "the group" for far too many years. I can well remember the early decades of my life when I stood outside the circle, hoping to be invited in and then when I was, I felt conspicuous and insecure. I simple didn't feel comfortable any where. How good the pass[...]
