Tag: growth
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Why Can’t You Drink? Misunderstanding Alcoholism and Addiction
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What’s a question you hate to be asked? Why can’t you drink? Why can’t you control your drinking? A short post about misunderstanding alcoholism and addiction.
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Mountains and Valleys – A Poetic Autobiography
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What is the opening sentence of my autobiography? … well, I’ve climbed to the top of life’s mountain and fallen into the muck of the valley. Pain, failure, and redemption are the main characters of my story.
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Deep Poem About Being Selfish – I Me My Mine
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In our self-centeredness, we can lose sight of the world around us and block spiritual growth. This post and deep poem about being selfish examines the cost of living looking through the lens of I, ME, MY, MINE.
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws The extent of my weaknesses are revealed Beneath the weight of uncertainty. I am often a self-absorbed child, Believing that time and even the world itself should stop for me. My futile fury of feeble insecurity Is shocking and pries open my eyes To inner flaws I was blind…
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When Trouble Comes – A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain
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When Trouble Comes A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain Evening’s crippling darkness passes away. It’s distant vigor muted by the beauty of the morn. Hope shines forth from the sun’s mighty rays, A new spirit within us is born. I am not overburdened by life’s troubles. Though painful, they will not shackle nor…
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