Brand new week, Brand new attitude

Good morning and Fabulous Friday. As I continue with teaching on a limited basis I wanted to take you one Sunday night that happened sometime in the early 2000's. It the end of one those weekends I had become known for. It was filled with taking a couple of snorts of cocaine to begin the day to augment the joint I would smoke that morning that was followed by the cigarette that I had to have following those things. The liquor store opened at 8 am in Dolton Illinois and I had to get my newspaper as well to read. I would cook breakfast and dinner for me and my girlfriend at the time Tonia P,, and be done about 12:45 pm. I would be drunk and high and passed out by 2 pm and wake up at 5 pm with a cup of alcohol still in my hand and begin this process again until about 8 pm so I could function at work the next day. . But this night was different as I felt that what I was doing was not living life and there had to be other things to do. I had to make some changes. I had to Reset. As...

Good morning and Marvelous Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. From the time that I woke up until the time I went to my second job I was presented with many things. And of all the things that I was going through there were three people I knew who were going through some thing as well. I could not figure out why they came to me for I am no counselor by no means. Although you can confide in me and I will keep it to myself, I still am not in a degree program for doing therapy on people and can only listen with a few head bobs and a lot of "oh that's a shame". But the one thing that seemed to prevalent was that each of the problems that were told to me with was how people wanted to give up for difference reasons because of various things. And I wanted them to recognize that inside of them there was something that they needed to tap into, and that was a Character Trait (Never Give Up). In this teaching I am going to u...

Good morning and Marvelous Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. From the time that I woke up until the time I went to my second job I was presented with many things. And of all the things that I was going through there were three people I knew who were going through some thing as well. I could not figure out why they came to me for I am no counselor by no means. Although you can confide in me and I will keep it to myself, I still am not in a degree program for doing therapy on people and can only listen with a few head bobs and a lot of "oh that's a shame". But the one thing that seemed to prevalent was that each of the problems that were told to me with was how people wanted to give up for difference reasons because of various things. And I wanted them to recognize that inside of them there was something that they needed to tap into, and that was a Character Trait (Never Give Up). In this teaching I am going to u...