Smiles
Michigan is magnificent! The smell of the evergreens; cool, fresh mornings; beautiful sunsets; starry nights – who needs booze? The pleasantness and beauty of nature is simply overwhelming. This is the reality I missed when I was drinking. I can now see clearly that drinking distorted my sense of perception. It replaced what was real with a counterfeit reality, created by years of accumulated false perceptions. I could no longer distinguish between real and counterfeit. I was trapped in the world between my ears and blind to what was really going on. I have a favorite saying that goes like this, “It’s not what you don’t know that’ll hurt you. It’s what you think you know for sure, that just ain’t so.” I’ve spent the last few years combing through my life and have found some unhealthy misconceptions. The sooner I got rid of these distorted ideas, the clearer things became. Now, I can look at the world and smile. Guess what? It smiles back!
Posted by mseyrig on 08/21/2008 at 4:54 AMAdd Comment
Comment posted by Anonymous on 08/21/2008 at 4:37 PM We are smiling about you today and every day.God speed. Jim and Diane
Comment posted by Anonymous on 08/21/2008 at 2:12 PM Thanks for taking your trip--I for one take great pleasure in reading about it and look forward to meeting with you at the Maplegrove Open House
