It’s raining but 64°F… I have nothing to wear for this shit 🌧 🙄

#weather #fashion #thestruggleisreal

I’m glad I read the fine print. Whew… 🤓

#taxnews

The first nine steps get us sober. The last three keep us sober.

It’s one of the two mindsets in recovery circles and I struggled with it for a long time. Not so much because I was in one camp or the other, but because I often find myself returning to Steps 6 and 7 in the here and now. Returning even though I’ve worked the suggested program of recovery. I return to them when I’m sick of being me, overly tired of living in a way that keeps me stuck. All done with feeling insane.

Six and Seven aren’t accounted for in the last three as the others are. I guess maybe they fall under Step 11, seeking only God’s will…but that doesn’t do it for me. I know the importance of God’s will and seeking only that. I won’t say “I have a few 24 hours” because I hate that.¹

Step 11 keeps me on the spiritual path, keeps me out of me, brings enlightenment and whatnot. Sure, I’m all for it. It’s one of my daily pursuits. But sometimes I’m really stuck on a character defect. I mean like seriously, “this is screwing up my life” kinda stuck. My shortcomings, ladies and gentlemen, can literally drive me painfully to my knees, searching for divine relief.

I could seek God’s will through prayer and meditation and after said search I’d be given direction. But when I’m only seeing dysfunction in my behaviors, only living in the problem — I need to feel that “entire ready” part and I need to “humbly ask.” I need to revisit the sixth and seventh steps.

Okay, maybe if I was “better” at working Step 11, I wouldn’t get to that pain point, get to where I’m almost loosing it, shaking with hate, spouting venom at people who aren’t even there. In stressful situations with plenty of history (such as me getting divorced this past year) my fear can and has sent me kneeling before God in emotional agony, asking for God to take away this mess in my head. Even though I am walking the spiritual beam on the whole.

Back to my point. So do we only work steps 1-9 once and then practice steps 10-12 for the rest of our lives?

It doesn’t matter. As usual. Do what’s works for you. Revisiting six and seven isn’t going to hurt anything or anybody. It’s not violating some obscure twelve step recovery law.² It’s not going unholy against the grain of god’s will.

It’s only going to help remove obstacles that stand in the way of us being the best people that we can be, that stand in the way of us serving our fellow humans, serving each other. It brings relief from the prisons we’ve built and grown accustomed to living in. It ends the suffering, expands trust and faith, and brings us closer to god.

Steps 6 and 7 unbuckle us from our human limitations and let us move about the cabin. Freely. It parts the clouds and let’s us stand in the sunshine of the spirt. And that, my dear good peeps, is not against tradition.

¹ Hopefully my words qualify my sobriety without me needing to use time stamps. I’ve heard people use “a few 24 hours” as a stand in for actual recovery talk.

² If it is written somewhere, it needs to be unwritten.

#alcoholism #advancedsoul

Source: @starwars on twitter

#starwars #thelastjedi

December 15, peeps.

#starwars #thelastjedi

Wall Street Bull Sculptor Says NYC Violated His Rights With ‘Fearless Girl’

According to The Associated Press, Italian-American sculptor Arturo Di Modica is accusing New York City of violating his legal rights by permitting the installation of “Fearless Girl” in front of his bull, without his permission.

Di Modica is expected to explain this accusation in a news conference on Wednesday, his attorney Norman Siegel claimed. The sculptor will be challenging the city officials who issued a permit for the bronze girl to stay until February of 2018, demanding that the city provide documentation behind the decision.

A day before International Women’s Day, “Fearless Girl” first appeared on the Wall Street traffic island, meant to symbolize the lack of women on the boards of U.S. corporations. Designed by artist Kristen Visbal, the statue was celebrated by some as a model of female empowerment and criticized by others as a form of pinkwashing.

Just to clarify… Charging Bull isn’t meant to represent the exact opposite thing Fearless Girl is opposing. Having her standing defiantly opposite is distorting Di Modica’s artistic intent. I’d be pissed if I were him, too.

I love Fearless Girl but not where she’s at. Seems to me a bit of advertising in the guise of women’s rights all while coat-tailing on another’s work. It’s the right message delivered by the wrong people to the wrong place.

Maybe State Street Corp should’ve installed Fearless Girl in front of Trump Tower.

#artnews #fearlessgirl

Me: the first thing when operating the new Fuji is putting the strap around your neck like this.

Maggie: so the first thing is basically looking like a dork.

#photos #fuji #maggie

Peeps, here’s your get-it-underway jam to power through the rest of your Thursday work day.

Lyrics only video because the original is dumb. Still one of my top 5 fave bands from the 90s.

#musicvideos #korn

Yesterday some of the co-workers had a client meeting of sorts. Afterward one of the guys brought out the remaining Dunkin Donuts for those of us who didn’t attend. I had two donuts and I’m not proud of that.

For the record I’d also like to admit that I have just now visited every room in the office, looking to see if any happened to survive the night. Sadly, none did.

😞 🍩 #worknews #donuts

It’s navy blue and I love it.

#photos #fashion