Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am so happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. You are always welcome around my table. Over the past several days I have been thinking about a particular statement that is made mention in the Old Testament. The statement reminds the reader to not despise the day of small beginnings. As I meditated … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2008
Traumatic Brain Injury — Black and White / All or None Thinking — Part 2 of 2
For context please read Part 1 I am not exactly sure how and when my black and white thinking began, however I believe my black and white thinking developed to compensate for the fear, anxiety, shame and guilt that I experienced as a traumatic brain injury survivor. As I did a searching and fearless moral inventory through my recovery process I discovered how I responded to … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Black and White / All or None Thinking — Part 1 of 2
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. You are always welcome around my table. Recently I received a comment / question from a visitor to Second Chance to Live. The visitor asked several excellent questions in reference to the black and white / all or none thinking that I discussed in my 4 part series … [Read more...]
Achieving a Goal — A little at a time — Part 2 of 2
To read Part 1 of the article, you may click on this link: Part 1 Towards the end of my 2 1/2 hours of chain link fence vine removal the man who had given me the project to remove the vines from the fence walked over to where I was working. As we started talking about the fence and the project I mentioned to him that the work of removing the vines was very tedious. When I … [Read more...]
Achieving a Goal — A little at a time — Part 1
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am delighted to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. I hope you know that you are always welcome around my table my friend. Several weeks ago I approached one of the leaders in the church that I have been attending to ask if there was anything that I could do to help out around the church. I wanted to be able to … [Read more...]