Originally Posted by
steve-in-kville 
Woods bumming! Grab my pack and maybe drop my .38 special in my back pocket and go for a walk in the "back 40." Works every time.
Your description conjures up images which are very nice, indeed.
I start out challenging days the same way I do with the rest of them - with a good bit of prayer and asking God's guidance.
And then talking to people in AA, posting on SR and trying to learn and do God's will.
Doing some spiritual (or religious, in my case) and AA reading also helps quite a bit.
Seeing what i can do for someone else who has greater challenges than me also helps.