pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
I had relatives but I didn’t have a family...
I had friends but I didn’t have relationships...
I had religion but I didn’t have faith...
I had sex but I didn’t have intimacy...
I kept asking myself the same questions...
Do you want to feel normal...
Do you want to simply fit in...
And then I finally listened for the answers...
......
The title of today’s Daily Reflection is “The Upward Path”.
I know that in my early years I had an attitude where I wanted to create my own path in life, no matter how hard I made it for myself. I liked the idea of taking the road less travelled...
Today, because of my relationship with my Higher Power, while I continue my journey to simply stay on the road ahead, I’m trying to slow down and truly appreciate what today’s path has to offer...
This morning I accepted the gift of actually seeing, for the first time ever, every flower I could find along my 3.6 mile walk around Audubon Park. Here is just one of the dozen or so flowers that I found…
© 2021 Jeffrey Pipes Guice
pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
The title of today’s Daily Reflection is “The Upward Path”.
I know that in my early years I had an attitude where I wanted to create my own path in life, no matter how hard I made it for myself. I liked the idea of taking the road less travelled...
Today, because of my relationship with my Higher Power, while I continue my journey to simply stay on the road ahead, I’m trying to slow down and truly appreciate what today’s path has to offer...
This morning I accepted the gift of actually seeing, for the first time ever, every flower I could find along my 3.6 mile walk around Audubon Park. Here is just one of the dozen or so flowers that I found…
© 2021 Jeffrey Pipes Guice
I had relatives but I didn’t have a family...
I had friends but I didn’t have relationships...
I had religion but I didn’t have faith...
I had sex but I didn’t have intimacy...
I kept asking myself the same questions...
Do you want to feel normal...
Do you want to simply fit in...
And then I finally listened for the answers...
......