Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out.
— Step 11 of Alcoholics Anonymous

It’s important to me to improve. When I was drinking I was just unhappily stuck and often times would go backward. When I seek to improve that contact with the cosmic spirit, I change. I grow. I become more than what I am.

We all know this. Again, “it’s nothing new.”

But…there’s more. I was talking to a friend recently and she was telling me of her recent Buddhist meditation session. One of the topics was that the cosmic spirit is also expanding. God, the holy ghost, whatever sticker you wanna put on it — this force is also growing and becoming more.

That was a pretty cool thought. With all the negativity in the world it’s reassuring to believe, to know that the cosmos is also improving, widening, deepening.

It’s a good feeling to be connected to that. To contribute, to be part of that greater good.

#advancedsoul #lettherebehope #twelvesteps

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Trump explains JAWS - 😂 - These are trending across Twitter and fabulously hilarious.

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#trump #hilarious

OMG. This gave me elated chills. Best remix/mashup I’ve seen all month. ❤️🚀

I can’t think of a better way to start a Friday, I’m prob gonna have to listen to the Beastie Boys all day.

#musicvideos #starwars #rogueone #beastieboys

Here’s a set of images from opening day.

More Comic Con details: wizardworld.com/comiccon/chicago

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#photos #comiccon #comics #photogallery

Dude, that’s what happens when you get too close to the mow zone. 😣

#photos #flowers

Audio (MP3): 20160818 - intentionally unclear so I don't tell on myself too much

When I stop and think about it, I wanna justify and provide backstories because I feel bad. I worry that people will think less of me. But then on the other hand I’m totally up front and honest with everybody all the time.

I think that life is meant to be cherished and explored and lived and this and this and this. I think about my heroes like Hunter S. Thompson who actually lived and loved his life. I don’t wanna be old and thinking I really wish I would’ve done that.

It sounds corny but my soul cries out for adventure and when I sit at my work desk and push papers around I just wanna roll my eyes.

I suppose I could find different avenues for my adventures though. 😉

I’m grateful that I have Maggie because she keeps me grounded. Who knows what melancholy I’d be having for breakfast without her.

I just need to get my head on straight. All this turmoil over the last year or so, I’ve just wanted to escape the emotional horror. This type of activity that I’m vaguely referencing has played a role in my story since I was like 19. It’s pretty much my goto dysfunctional thing other than drinking and drugs.

Boring is good though. I should cherish low key and zero drama when I have it.

I just wish it was as magnetic as the other.

#thestruggleisreal #diariespodcast

I love this so fucking much.

#tv #thewalkingdead

I snapped this photo of the almost, almost full moon last night. When I came inside I realized I was wearing only my boxers and they were inside out.

The Full Sturgeon Moon, when that large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most readily caught. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because the moon rises looking reddish through sultry haze, or as the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.

#photos #moon

Me: why don’t you just use your Touch ID to unlock your phone?

Maggie: because it’s my toe.

#maggie