Thanks FDM.... yes indeed. It truly is a paradise. From where I sit right now, I hear the roar of the waves crashing on the beach about 150 feet to my north. The largest freshwater lake in the world is my front yard. Thousands of acres of wilderness is my back yard. I am deeply blessed and I don't forget that. I have seen the throngs of people in places like Shanghai, ******, Amsterdam in my travels throughout the world. I used to believe myself to be an extrovert. But now I realize I am in many ways the opposite. While I enjoy the energy of others, I enjoy it most in limited numbers. Crowds are not for me. I need alone time, recharge time, wilderness time. I was raised here, my mother a single Mom and a school teacher who loved the outdoors and fostered that love in me.
Thank you for the reminder.... today I will be consciously thankful for that, and I will head out into nature in your honor, in my honor, in honor of Spirit and of our sobriety and drug-free journey together.
Day 11.