As a "program running in the background" for the last two days I have
been boiling down a hambone and three hamhocks, soaking and then cooking my
navy beans and putting it all together with other stuff to make some decent
bean soup.
Just now, taking it off the stove, I dropped the pot, lost my dinner,
stained my slacks and made a mess of my kitchen.
What does this have to do with recovery? While I was cleaning up the
mess, I asked myself how I would have handled this while I was drinking. I
had to laugh and admit that while I was drinking I wouldn't have made the
damned soup to start with!
Keep your sobriety and your serenity -- and hold on to your bean soup!
Dan


--
"The Daily Show -- it's better than being informed."

"Dan McGown" <dmcgown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:H6OdnbWWdPP4R_zcRVn-hA@adelphia.com...
: As a "program running in the background" for the last two
days I have
: been boiling down a hambone and three hamhocks, soaking and then
cooking my
: navy beans and putting it all together with other stuff to make
some decent
: bean soup.
: Just now, taking it off the stove, I dropped the pot, lost my
dinner,
: stained my slacks and made a mess of my kitchen.
: What does this have to do with recovery? While I was
cleaning up the
: mess, I asked myself how I would have handled this while I was
drinking. I
: had to laugh and admit that while I was drinking I wouldn't have
made the
: damned soup to start with!
: Keep your sobriety and your serenity -- and hold on to your
bean soup!
: Dan
:
:

way to go dan!

Dan said:
>Just now, taking it off the stove, I dropped the pot, lost my dinner,
>stained my slacks and made a mess of my kitchen.

*Major* bummer! Glad you kept your cool!


Vane
to email, simplify...

"...details delight me, ramifications enchant me, distance no object..."
Lord Peter Wimsey

vaney,
i LOVE your email addy!
welcome to the group, i hope you find what your looking for, take
what you need and LEAVE the rest, most of us do!

rosie
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/act...p=2&item=11156



"Vaney" <vanegirl@aol.complicated> wrote in message
news:20041005091920.15758.00001517@mb-m13.aol.com...
: Dan said:
: >Just now, taking it off the stove, I dropped the pot, lost my
dinner,
: >stained my slacks and made a mess of my kitchen.
:
: *Major* bummer! Glad you kept your cool!
:
:
: Vane
: to email, simplify...
:
: "...details delight me, ramifications enchant me, distance no
object..."
: Lord Peter
Wimsey
:
:

Rose exclaims:


>vaney,
>i LOVE your email addy!
>welcome to the group, i hope you find what your looking for, take
>what you need and LEAVE the rest, most of us do!

Thanks, Rosie, I read every day, even if I don't always post (although I seem
to be doing more of that lately...) I'm looking very hard. I'm still like a
boat at sea without an anchor, and there's rough seas ahead, matey, even I can
see it, but I have big hope, and right now that is sustaining me. I can only
pray that when the rough stuff hits, I'll be able to make shore safely.

Here's one of my favorite quotes. Most people only remember the "simplify,
simplify" part:

"In the midst of this chopping sea of civilised life, such are the clouds and
storms and quicksands and the thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a
man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his
port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who
succeeds. Simplify, simplify."


Thoreau ~ Walden
Really read that.

As a boat-and-water-person, the idea of living (or boating) by dead reckoning
is a sobering one indeed. Although I think that is the only thing left to me.
All my artificial instruments have begun to fail, and I am faced with the
calculations that are simple, but by no means easy.
Vane
to email, simplify...

"...details delight me, ramifications enchant me, distance no object..."
Lord Peter Wimsey

Thanks Dan ...

For putting things in perspective.

Bobby L


"Dan McGown" <dmcgown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:H6OdnbWWdPP4R_zcRVn-hA@adelphia.com...
> As a "program running in the background" for the last two days I have
> been boiling down a hambone and three hamhocks, soaking and then cooking
my
> navy beans and putting it all together with other stuff to make some
decent
> bean soup.
> Just now, taking it off the stove, I dropped the pot, lost my dinner,
> stained my slacks and made a mess of my kitchen.
> What does this have to do with recovery? While I was cleaning up the
> mess, I asked myself how I would have handled this while I was drinking.
I
> had to laugh and admit that while I was drinking I wouldn't have made the
> damned soup to start with!
> Keep your sobriety and your serenity -- and hold on to your bean
soup!
> Dan
>
>
> --
> "The Daily Show -- it's better than being informed."
>
>

:
: As a boat-and-water-person, the idea of living (or boating) by
dead reckoning
: is a sobering one indeed. Although I think that is the only thing
left to me.
: All my artificial instruments have begun to fail, and I am faced
with the
: calculations that are simple, but by no means easy.
: Vane
:

did you know that our "very own robert" is a boat person?

Rosie wrote:

>did you know that our "very own robert" is a boat person?

No, I didn't. Is he a sailor or a powerboat person? <*very* loaded question)

to email, simplify...

"...details delight me, ramifications enchant me, distance no object..."
Lord Peter Wimsey

"Vaney" <vanegirl@aol.complicated> wrote in message
news:20041006131612.15280.00001470@mb-m22.aol.com...
> Rosie wrote:
>
>>did you know that our "very own robert" is a boat person?
>
> No, I didn't. Is he a sailor or a powerboat person? <*very* loaded
> question)
>

Personally, I'm a punter. I'm willing to go into deep water if someone else
is at the helm, but I'm not taking charge in water too deep to reach the
bottom with a pole.

:....................but I'm not taking charge in water too deep to
reach the
: bottom with a pole.

i'm right there with you dan!
--
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html



"Dan McGown" <dmcgown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
newsMWdnbrgTJZKtPncRVn-sg@adelphia.com...
:
: "Vaney" <vanegirl@aol.complicated> wrote in message
: news:20041006131612.15280.00001470@mb-m22.aol.com...
: > Rosie wrote:
: >
: >>did you know that our "very own robert" is a boat person? but
I'm not taking charge in water too deep to reach the
: bottom with a pole.

: >
: > No, I didn't. Is he a sailor or a powerboat person? <*very*
loaded
: > question)
: >
:
: Personally, I'm a punter. I'm willing to go into deep water if
someone else
: is at the helm,:
: