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Stress Alive - May 2007

Some things just ARE. Digestion, ocean waves, breath, autumn leaves, menstruation, teens moving away from parents, sunsets, and sunrises, for instance. All this is a part of what I fondly call the Rhythm of Energy.

The sunrise is particularly spectacular to me, as it has been through the millennia. For sentient ones, the lore of mythology has been replaced by the explanation of science. However one frames it, abstracts it, reduces it, or otherwise incorporates it into their personal reality, the sunrise is ceaseless in its consistency.

Awesome, that. I typically wake while it is still dark just so I can sip my coffee and be with the lightness as it slowly merges out of the night-time.


Moods and emotion seem rhythmic, ceaseless, consistent, and like the sunrise. As certain in their arrival as they will be when they fade into the next frame. From joy to anger to humor to sadness to denial to anomie to frustration to resentment to complacency, and on and on. What I know is that sooner or later I will taste each and every one of these feelings and experiences. And that none will last, for better or worse.

They will leave and they will return, and I find that different than one emotion or the other ‘lasting’. That becomes a chronicity that does not fit into my world.

As many know, I find great value in humor. It works for me on many levels, not the least of which is preventing me from taking nearly anything too seriously. Again, for better or for worse.

So, you can imagine my joy and excitement when my humor returns, emerging like the predictable yet magnificent sunrise.


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I'm on an interview panel for a recovery-based agency. They seek a new practitioner, and we have talked to many. One, in particular, stands out.

This particular lady was very appropriate and professional during the meeting, and demonstrated a vast understanding and knowledge of the addiction process. She was also tuned into how one recovers and establishes an empowered identity. Very good to the ears of the evaluators.

One glitch, though...

The applicant has a recommendation for medical marijuana, to help her sleep at night. She is very up front with this, and believably states she does not abuse the substance. She is very prepared to present all needed paperwork to show it is legitimate. Yet, the panel has become less enamored with this person.


Would they be as disturbed if the lady had a prescription pill to help her sleep? It seems unclear. Should this seemingly highly qualified candidate be excluded from making it to round two of the process?

Oh, how the times are a-changing...


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Ch Ch Ch Changes…

May 19th 2007 15:46

As a daily surfer for years back in the day, I have grown quite accustomed to the flexibility and spontaneity and willingness to think on ones feet. Big wave, small wave, or even no wave at all. It all dictates a different response set.

Life is so big, with so many things going on at all times. How can one do anything but ride the wave of change?

I’m just saying.

Yet, when one has attached and allowed emotional roots to wrap around something or someone, then when said something or someone is gone, the change becomes less a responsive spontaneity and more a gut-wrenching and possibly knee-jerk reactivity. No wonder the Taoists urge non-attachment.

Again, I’m just saying.

I am grateful for the reminders that I must hold onto my spontaneous responsivity.



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If I Knew Then What I Know Now

May 6th 2007 12:27
So much wisdom collected as the years amass. That's a nice way of saying, "the good thing about becoming an old fart is that experience may lead to wisdom."

When I was young I truly believed, for instance, that the world revolved around me. It was not a conscious thought. Just something expressed in my actions. I definitely thought I had so much to say that others would rather listen to me than have me listen to them


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After meeting with a group of sex offenders last night, I was struck by a very common experience typically reported. This becomes one of those for better or for worse scenarios. Sex, a subject which is nearly always a hot-button trigger point, evokes reactivity. And when the sex involves illegal acts perpetrated on unwilling, unwitting, or too-young-to-consent partners, then said reactivity goes off the chart.

Understandable, that


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