Today is the last Friday in November also known as Black Friday. Thanksgiving, the day we take stock and give thanks for our bounty is...

““Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ― Confucius I do not claim to be a great listener or to have incredibly powerful...

The thing about quotes is that they reveal how we are connected to all each other over time. The human condition has remained...

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”...

The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.” ― Ray Bradbury,...

I have decided to post this on both blogs I write on, my own and Recovery Review it is a personal reflection on recovery service and...

Today is a very special day in Gratitude Friday history, it coincides with the day of birth of my darling wife, Julie Miller. Artist,...

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."― John Donne Autumn is upon us! The Autumnal Equinox...

This week, I had the opportunity to be in Las Vegas to be a part of a meeting with other recovery advocates from all across the nation....

Last week I was talking with my niece about working in the human service field, for some reason this old (but true) story popped into my...

“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” ―...

My thoughts today roll back twenty years ago to the tragic events that unfolded in our nation twenty years ago. September 10th, 2001 was...

For those of you who may not be aware, September is National Recovery Month. As this link explains, National Recovery month was first...

“It was the hour in which objects lose the consistency of shadow that accompanies them during the night and gradually reacquire colors,...

This week, Julie and I ended up back in Bedford PA. This bucolic little town was the childhood home of her mother. Julie’s parents also...