Over the Hill

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He who

stays in

the valley

will never

see over

the hill.


Many of life's journeys have milestones that are marked by hill tops.

Be smart and do not to judge your life by one hilltop that you have reached.

Winning the championship game?

The birth of a child or grandchild?

The pinnacle of success?

The age of forty?

Retirement?

Be wise to know that this hill top is just a better

vantage point to see where you might want to go next.

Celebrate the milestone.

Have gratitude that you have reached that milestone.

Use the knowledge and strength you have gained from

climbing the small hills to reach for the summit of the

tallest mountain on the horizon.

Many say that when you go over the hill you begin to pick

up speed going down the other side.

Use that speed as momentum to start up the next hill.

As long as you are moving forward with your head held high,

and your eyes are fixed on the next milestone

you will be able to cross the lowest valley in your life in peace and comfort.

Up hill or down hill, never travel alone.

When life puts a fork in the road have a someone help you read the map.

If they have traversed this swamp before your hope is they

know the shortest route to higher ground.

Higher ground may be just as good as a hill if you are

up to your tush in alligators.

If you had ask your friend for advice at the last fork in the road,

maybe you would not have found yourself in the swamp.

Where you think you are going and where your Higher Power

wants or lets you go may be two separate directions.

Pray for guidance.

The stories of the wisest masters tells us that if you want

to find your way out of the desert, follow God.

Whether you are in the valley of despair or on the highest

mountain, today's journey will begin with the first step.

Life will not allow you to live in the past for long.

What you have earned from yesterdays travels will

pay the road tolls for today's journey.

If you do not learn and earn from today's journey,

tomorrow's forecast may be down hill and out of control.

Celebrate, lift your head, focus on the next hill top

move a muscle, change a thought, and live your life to it's fullest.

Life is like a roller coaster ride.

Sit in the first car.

Fill the car with friends and family.

Throw your arms up in the air, and scream as loud as you can

from the top of every hill.

Enjoy the ride.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

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Four Horseman

The illness,

the disease,

your choice,

wants us to:

Isolate,

Be alone,

Push away anyone

who loves us,

And to kill ourselves.

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"The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society,
from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens
of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down.
It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places,
hoping to find understanding companionship and approval.
Momentarily we did - then would come oblivion and the awful awakening
to face the hideous


Four Horsemen - Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair.


Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!"

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Subjects of King Alcohol, that obsession, that craving, that uncontrollable
urge to do that which will power cannot dissuade.

Do not blame the true alcoholic, the one whose denial syatem is so entrenched
that they become pathalogical liars, unable to discerne the truth even
when to be honest would be the right thing to do, the one who promises everyone
that the next time will be different, the one whose illness has progressed to
the point of no return.

Even when introduced to a new way of living most will not recover.

To surrender, to be willing to change, to accept constructive criticism,
to learn to do the next right thing and then practice kindness,
unconditional love, patience and tolerance, forgiveness and
to learn to pray for guidance and learn to meditate,
listen to the answers to your prayers
is a miracle granted to only those who are willing to do
the will of the God of their understanding.

Today, be willing.
Love, hugs and prayers.
ME and the Boss

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