The Charismatic Minimalists - US

Thinking Man

2011-09-02T13:50:00.002-04:00

Breathe out the good. Breathe in the bad. "In postmeditation, be a child of illusion." These principles are helping me on the inside be a better man on the outside.

I am so grateful for my sobriety. I still get challenged by the outside and always will. Everybody does. My disease amplifies my sensitivity. What a combination. Ultra-senstive and ultra-selfish. The BIG REACTION should be my nickname.

In the morning moments, I am closest to the man I want to be. Why is that? Prayer, meditation, reflection ---> It centers my core....before outside interference has had a chance to shift my center. My goal is to find the way to extend this centered peace.

"In postmeditation, be a child of illusion." I get it....but it is even harder to "get it". I am better today because I choose not to drink.

2010-09-01T09:50:00.001-04:00

J O Y

2010-08-31T11:39:00.001-04:00

Charge.

2010-08-30T11:38:00.001-04:00

For Sunday: reach

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Live.

2010-08-28T10:17:00.000-04:00

Take care of your side.

2010-08-27T12:36:00.000-04:00

Fake it.

2010-08-26T11:09:00.000-04:00

Give.

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Free.

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Walk on.

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Seek

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Moment by moment..

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Fathering

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Things happen.

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Still

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Sustain

2010-08-17T09:42:00.001-04:00

Focus

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Lead

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Heal

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F I L L

2010-08-12T06:45:00.001-04:00

Balance

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C a l m

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WILLINGNESS

2010-08-09T09:38:00.000-04:00

REFLECT

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FAMILY

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DRIVE

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FAITH

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LAUGH

2010-08-03T07:58:00.000-04:00

Let go.

2010-08-02T10:25:00.001-04:00

FLEXIBILITY

2010-08-01T09:59:00.000-04:00

OPENNESS

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R I D E IT!

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Clarity

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Service

2010-07-27T08:59:00.000-04:00

Recover

2010-07-26T11:29:00.000-04:00

Show Up

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S W I M

2010-07-24T16:06:00.001-04:00

R E S T

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STROKE

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ACTION

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Pray

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Breathe

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PATIENT

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Wellness

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L I S T E N

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SURRENDER

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HUMILITY

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Forgive

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LOVE

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USEFULNESS

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P A U S E

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Tolerance

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ALIVE

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TRUTH

Daily Gratitude #122

2010-07-01T16:23:00.000-04:00

1. Facetime..i'm ready
2. 75,000 drunks in one place
3. Son time
4. TWD
5. This moment

Daily Gratitude #121

2010-06-30T10:53:00.001-04:00

1. Humpday, humpday, humpday
2. Donald Miller
3. Daily Reflections
4. Bill W.
5. Courage to change

Daily Gratitude #120

2010-06-29T15:35:00.000-04:00

1. some rain
2. some sun
3. growing grass
4. Austin Public Library!
5. Groupon - here come the Jowers' Blanton!

Daily Gratitude #119

2010-06-28T10:40:00.002-04:00

1. Rhys's record: 13.5 hours of sleep!
2. Rhys's swimming..he's gaining confidence..slides, jumping in..awesome!
3. Higher fire!
4. Short week
5. Daily purpose

Daily Gratitude #118

2010-06-26T22:43:00.002-04:00

1. Christmas lights in Summer!

2. Mosquito repelling, killing machines!

3. Sprinkler games with Rhys

4. Grillin' w/ our mouse..opossum..rat..whatever it is..

5. Bedtime on a saturday night

Daily Gratitude #117

2010-06-25T12:22:00.001-04:00

1. Friday
2. Inner child time
3. Caramel rice cakes
4. Good books
5. USA!

Daily Gratitude #116

2010-06-24T14:56:00.001-04:00

1. Awareness?...really want to progress to action
2. Rain
3. Lunch with Kim
4. Employee with Kim at same place...for now
5. Leaving early today :)

Daily Gratitude #115

2010-06-22T11:49:00.002-04:00

1. Shrimp scampi for lunch!
2. The feeling inside of watching Kim sleep w/ Rhys
3. Clarity daily
4. Dreams
5. my spiritual connection

Daily Gratitude #114

2010-06-20T21:03:00.001-04:00

1. Solid weekends

2. Being a father

3. Rhys's swimming

4. Baby girl coming to the neighbors - 2 friends for Sela!

5. My dad

Daily Gratitude #113

2010-06-18T12:41:00.000-04:00

1. Friday
2. Mornings
3. Finding the connection
4. Struggle=growth
5. Deep Eddy

Daily Gratitude #112

2010-06-17T12:05:00.002-04:00

1. Early to bed early to rise!
2. Date night
3. Game 7's
4. Comfort
5. Faith and hope

Daily Gratitude #111

2010-06-16T10:23:00.001-04:00

1. My therapist
2. Sleeping in even though I didn't mean to
3. Rhys's breakfast games - he feeds his cow Cheerios
4. Sunny days
5. Short weeks

Daily Gratitude #110

2010-06-15T11:43:00.000-04:00

1. good breaks
2. a job
3. a partner
4. two beautiful kids
5. my higher love

Daily Gratitude #109

2010-06-10T09:50:00.002-04:00

1. My brother - he's 41 today!
2. Mike P. for his insight and support.
3. My Kimmie and her undying support
4. Forgiveness...the beginnings anyway
5. Learning to love and how that feels

PS - 3 days of blissful beach coming...hoping for sun and oil-free beaches and birds

Daily Gratitude #108

2010-06-07T13:35:00.002-04:00

1. Great start Mondays
2. My "Father's Day" hammock!!!
3. Teamwork - our budget!
4. Kim's chicken parmesan
5. 3 more days to the coast!

Daily Gratitude #107

2010-06-05T10:25:00.002-04:00

1. Solid friday of usefulness

2. Ice cream with my bu

3. Finding a babysitter

4. The new wake-up early routine

5. Mowed the lawn & got a workout in...9:30am!! Woohoo!!

Daily Gratitude #106

2010-06-03T14:53:00.001-04:00

1. Travel
2. Coffee in the early morning
3. Quiet time
4. Growing trust
5. Positive routines

Daily Gratitude #105

2010-06-02T10:55:00.000-04:00

1. The pause
2. Prayer
3. Courage to change
4. Humpday
5. Kim's partnership

Daily Gratitude #104

2010-06-01T17:19:00.002-04:00

1. Strength - abstain, abstain
2. Higher Love
3. Solid start to UAT
4. Picking my boy up
5. 239 Days!

Daily Gratitude #103

2010-05-30T13:23:00.001-04:00

1. Sunny sundee

2. Graduation party at Canyon

3. Willingness..so grateful for this

4. Change from desperation to willingness

5. Joy in the moment

Daily Gratitude #102

2010-05-29T21:55:00.002-04:00

1. 3WM and the families

2. Some rain

3. Organic mosquito repellent - child safe, non-toxic

4. Camping gear...building it up and it's exciting

5. Starry, starry nights..

Daily Gratitude #101

2010-05-28T12:30:00.001-04:00

1. Friday mornings
2. A break
3. Last night's family outing
4. Good sleep..heavy sleep
5. Weekend yard work

Daily Gratitude #100

2010-05-27T16:04:00.001-04:00

1. Shady Grove
2. Vacations
3. My son this morning
4. Sela's amazing laugh
5. This joy in my heart as a father..I am a changed man!

Daily Gratitude #99

2010-05-26T15:44:00.001-04:00

1. Good workouts
2. wake up prayers
3. bedtime prayers
4. PMI
5. Comfort in the skin..getting there

Daily Gratitude #98

2010-05-25T15:03:00.001-04:00

1. Attitude of gratitude
2. Thy will be done, not mine
3. Selfless for a moment and trying for more
4. Peace in the home
5. Grilling on a Monday night

Daily Gratitude #97

2010-05-24T15:33:00.000-04:00

1. A complete weekend
2. My amazing little family
3. Successful walkthrough...finally
4. A new tent!
5. Lost Finale..thought provoker

Daily Gratitude #96

2010-05-21T10:40:00.000-04:00

1. My Higher power
2. Sober clarity
3. Open heart
4. Open mind
5. Love

Daily Gratitude #95

2010-05-20T16:43:00.000-04:00

1. Solid earnings
2. Decent bonus
3. Growing grass
4. Resolution
5. Forgiveness

Daily Gratitude #94

2010-05-19T22:47:00.001-04:00

1. Humpty, humpty HUMPDAY!

2. Pie

3. Hope for finding the craving buster!

4. Cancelled travel plans.

5. Comfort in me skin.

Daily Gratitude #93

2010-05-17T15:08:00.001-04:00

1. Birthday parties - a 2 yo's and a 40 yo's..
2. Local soccer hooligans - Go Aztex
3. Sunshine Monday
4. Austin Public Libraries
5. Sunday naps

Daily Gratitude #92

2010-05-14T12:55:00.001-04:00

1. Usefulness
2. Rain
3. Lunch - 181 pounds!
4. Friday
5. 221 Days - 7 months, 9 days!

Daily Gratitude #91

2010-05-13T10:45:00.002-04:00

1. Fast weeks
2. Joy of today's wake up
3. Newfound routine - early stretching in the back yard
4. Coming home to a calm faced 5 1/2 month old
5. Rhys's pronunciation of wah-dare...kind of french

Daily Gratitude #90

2010-05-11T11:20:00.002-04:00

1. Coffee
2. Middle of night "daddy!"
3. Cozy house..home
4. Morning stretches
5. Action

Daily Gratitude #89

2010-05-10T10:43:00.002-04:00

1. Usefulness
2. Rhys's words
3. Sela's laughter
4. Kim's smile
5. Full heart

Daily Gratitude #88

2010-05-08T09:03:00.001-04:00

1. My family comes home today!

2. a new backyard project

3. cool weather

4. good progress - revisiting some things

5. Clarity of purpose

Daily Gratitude #87

2010-05-07T10:56:00.000-04:00

1. FRIDAY!
2. 1/2 day!
3. well...working from home the other half
4. a new mouse
5. the mother of my children!!!

Sure do miss my angels...

2010-05-06T16:09:00.000-04:00

Daily Gratitude #86

2010-05-06T16:07:00.002-04:00

1. End of the week approaching
2. Mother's Day
3. Biking after work
4. Downtime
5. My life

Daily Gratitude #85

2010-05-05T18:04:00.001-04:00

1. End of the day
2. Some time to myself
3. Good tv tonight
4. ability to breathe
5. Anticipating sleep

Daily Gratitude #84

2010-05-04T11:32:00.001-04:00

1. Overwhelming peace
2. Not knowing what to do with it...amazing..never felt this before
3. Hummus and carrots
4. Kim
5. ..I say it alot..progress

Daily Gratitude #83

2010-05-03T10:25:00.002-04:00

1. Beautiful weather for a Monday

2. The wake up routine

3. Miracle moments with Rhys..every day or so!

4. The Hubiks

5. Puppy dreams

Daily Gratitude #82

2010-05-02T14:49:00.001-04:00

1. Boating on a sunday!

2. Beautiful weather

3. Sunday meetin'

4. Monday optimism

5. Sunday grillin'

Daily Gratitude #81

2010-04-30T12:15:00.001-04:00

1. A payraise...in these difficult times!!! Woohoo.
2. Torchy's Migas
3. Progress updates including actual progress
4. New gutters
5. Yardwork weekend!

Daily Gratitude #80

2010-04-29T11:15:00.002-04:00

1. Rhys and his waffles
2. The morning shuffle down the hall with his "banket"
3. His meltdown over daddy's truck going to the shop..why upset over this?
4. Recognizing my burnout and figuring out how to deal with it
5. Shredded chicken tacos