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kickin in denver and shaking off the ghosts. starting to remember how distinctly powerful my tribe is. looking back over the years, i realize we have been strong, brave,fearless and fierce. and i'm hoping to spark that energy again.

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  • tough choices

    Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 08:23 in change, hiv aids, substance abuse, bliss, don't look back

    he called and said he needed some help. he had started journaling and realized that he was fucked up. he was smoking so much pot that he wasn't doing a very good job of keeping his thoughts together. he has stopped doing all the coke and meth he was ...

  • peace train

    Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 03:08 in Treatment, alcoholism, recovery, change, drug addiction, drug counselor

    Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death. Jean Cocteau what a day this...

  • deflation

    Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 03:32 in change, life on life's terms, don't get me wrong, lilly allen, paying attention

    i got the wind knocked out of my sails yesterday. at the start of the day, after i realized i needed to stop at one office before i reported to the other, i made my way to work. my brakes have been going out, but i have felt too busy to attend to the...

  • equinox

    Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 22:09 in growth, intention, change, spring, vivaldi

    i wanted a little something today to match how my mood. somehow vivaldi came to mind. i feel as if i am in a thaw. i have noticed new ideas and remembered feelings sprouting out around me. it's mainly glorious. if i were dancing it would be fitting a...

  • transition

    Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 23:01 in interview, change, hiv aids, new job, colorado lgbtq, end of job

    it never ceases to amaze me that i can be so very inept at reading a situation. i always think my gut is correct when i am in the middle of something or someones, but when i leave my thinker starts getting out of whack and i replay scenarios over in ...

  • i think i remember

    Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 02:16 in recovery, change, pema chodron, awakening, start where you are

    "I think that all of us are like eagles who have forgotten that we know how to fly. The teachings are reminding us who we are and what we can do. They help us notice that we're in a nest with a lot of old food and old diaries, excrement and stale air...

  • movement

    Posted on Wednesday November 5th, 2008 at 02:57 in Barack Obama, intention, change, hope, world leader

    photocredit: yahoolast night i watched, as almost all of my fellow countrypersons did, as our national posture shifted slightly. i witnessed via several senses, the repositioning of our demeanor, our intention, and our buy-in. i'm covered in goose bu...

  • i changed my mind

    Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 03:13 in Career, addiction, recovery, change, working with others, lyrics born, i changed my mind

    that's me attending the ballet circa 1995...β€˜To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.’— Henri Bergsoncertainly at one point in my life i wanted to be a dancer. i don't know that i had real...

  • trois gnossiennes

    Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 03:04 in change, service, emotional, mohr, erik satie, comprehensive plan, planning council, trois gnossienne

    "Gnossienne" is the name given to several piano pieces by French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century.i am in a weird spot. strange and uncomfortable actually, because i feel my anger and my ego rising certainly, but also because i feel as if...

  • a damn shame

    Posted on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 03:25 in intention, change, hed kandi, michael jackson, hiv aids, man in the mirror, james morrison

    "Man In The Mirror"I'm Gonna Make A Change,For Once In My LifeIt's Gonna Feel Real Good,Gonna Make A DifferenceGonna Make It Right . . .firstly a happy 50th birthday to michael jackson. he was born in august of the same year as madonna and me. althou...

  • this boy

    Posted on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 at 03:56 in recovery, intention, change, hope, life's purpose, james morrison, drug counselor, this boy

    Mark Twain: Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.most everybody gets caught with their pants down on occasion. some of us even put ourselves in that position willingly. sometimes i find myself feeling incredibly frustrated because that's...