What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Henry David Thoreau

"Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole"

"It's easy to suggest a quick solution when you don't know much about the problem, when you don't understand the underlying cause, or just how deep the wound really is.
But some wounds are deeper than they first appear and require more than just a quick fix."
Meredith on Grey's Anatomy

Signs thay you may drink a little too much...

This was an old email I had sent out.

Signs that you may drink a little too much....

• You are still recovering on Tuesday from when you went out on Saturday night.
• You refer to different liquors as if they were actual people. For example: Jack, Jim, the Captain, Jose, Johnny.....
• The only relationship that you will admit to being in is with one of the examples from the last "sign."
• You can't remember the last time you pee'd clear.
• You have sprained or broken ligaments or bones while under the influence of alcohol.
• You have "battle" wounds and scars from falling into bushes and/or trees or because the sidewalk wanted to move on you in mid-step. And in your explanation of the battle, it is always the inanimate object's fault.
• The only time you see the sunrise is when you are finally crawling home from going out or if you decided to pass out alfresco style.
• You drink a gallon of water the day after drinking and you don't have the urge to pee until the day after that.
• You have cute little nicknames like "scarecrow" because you resembled the scarecrow from Wizard of Oz when he first tried to walk after having too many.
• You have made friends with inanimate objects like public cement trash cans.
• You have chosen the bathroom floor over your bed.
• You depend on other friend's memories of the evening to confirm what a complete idiot you were.
• The only proof of where you have been the night before are the ink stamps and paper bracelets that adorn your wrists and hands.
• You also have to depend on their memories for random strange people you have shared "PDA" moments with and also a description of them is always a bonus.
• Introduced guys that you met under the influence to your friends the next day by a totally different name than the one they were given at birth.
• If you are still drunk 12 to 24 hours after your last drink.
• If you are a repeat offender of D.U.I.'s (Dialing Under the Influence)
• Ever tried to walk thru a drive thru and not understand why you can't be served at 4 AM.
• Make up words like "sidewalky."
• Stood in an elevator with 3 other friends and it takes 5 minutes for ANYBODY to realize that we are not moving because noone pressed the button."
• Have friends that want to hold an intervention on your behalf.
• Think AA is for quitters and you're not a quitter.
• Have called friends after 2 AM for an emergency pickup because you realize that you are in a different city and state and have no idea where you are. Hmmm....maybe that's why my friends think I need a personal Lo Jack bracelet!
• The term "going low key" coming from you brings fear in the hearts of your friends.
• And last but not least, if you have said the phrase "I will never drink again" more than 10 times in your lifetime you may drink too much.
  

Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept

the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

Sleepless in Honolulu...

I can't sleep. I have a lot of thoughts going through my mind so I won't ramble on because it's that bad. I will be kind to my few random readers. However, I will put a thought out there:

Metaphorically speaking: You ever wonder about scars or scar tissue? There's not a complete "cure" for them. They can be minimized but not completely taken away. There will always be a remnant of it, a constant reminder. External scars or scar tissue, although unsightly as they may be, for the most part do not hinder a person's ability to function. However, internal scars or scar tissue can, in the long run, become a detriment to a person's health or certain vital functioning capabilities.

Just a thought......