Morning Has Broken..........

"A mythical bird that never dies, the phoenix flies far ahead to the front, always scanning the landscape and distant space. It represents our capacity for vision, for collecting sensory information about our environment and the events unfolding within it. The phoenix, with its great beauty, creates intense excitement and deathless inspiration." - The Feng Shui Handbook, feng shui Master Lam Kam Chuen

As a recovering addict and man who has loosed his chains, I am continually awash in the hope that springs from the well of promise. And as this creature of myth seeks the horizons, I look forward to the tomorrows and envision a life of freedom and sobriety. It is this hope that first started me on my present journey several years ago. And today, as I review the past few months, I find myself to be a grateful man who is blessed beyond comprehension for the one thing that for many years he thought was unobtainable: HOPE.

As the phoenix refuses to accept his death, I refuse to accept that my present and my future must be ruled by my past. The hope that wells inside me is born of desire to break those chains that bound my mind and my soul for so many years. And it is this hope that causes me to anticipate each day with unfathomable excitement and deathless inspiration! Even in the daily crap of life I find this joy. I'm glad to have the privilege of experiencing this crap!! No, I'm not a masochist, but I am mindful of the journey traveled thus far. And this keeps me hopeful.

The things I desire to do; the life I desire to create for myself; and the other things that make up the fabric of life will all come. I am an impatient man and I want my cake NOW. But I am willing to wait and to work for it. For now it is enough to have the hope of tomorrow, and the dream of today. Till next time.....

God.....
Grant me the serenity....
To accept the things I cannot change...........
To change the things I can.........
And the wisdom to know the difference.
JUST FOR TODAY