Day 57 wow, I feel like today will be another good one, ive been up since about four fifty and it is now almost six, I will spend my day paying close attention to everything I do, watching my decisions and work very closely. As each day passes I feel more relaxed about who I am, and prouder of myself by the minute, I am starting to believe I'm not on the track to being a regular person, I am on the track to greatness, and I will settle for nothing less. I will also pay more attention to others in hopes of learning more about life. I wish I could explain these feelings of calmness, confidence, and pride of who I am, but I am in awe and cannot find the words. My mind, it seems is no longer racing, it has slowed down allowing me to take in more of what's going on around me. This joy for life seems to grow more and more every day and I don't see it slowing down any time soon, this blog is the best way I know how to give some of this joy back to the world which I feel needs it more than i, it seems lately I have more than enough to share. So if you need some, take as much as you want and spread it around, it's not joy if you can't share it.
I'm back, it's about six thirty and I'm off work, I was very tired today, I need to go to bed early tonite. Do you remember what I said yesterday about all the people seem to be on drugs here, the weirdest thing happened this morning, as I was out by the garage I saw an old woman walking her dog and looking up at the building, I said good morning to her and introduced myself and told her I was new to the neighborhood and I was living in the building while we were remodeling, she must have been sixty five or seventy, very nice and polite, she told me she had been living a couple of houses down since nineteen seventy five, then I kid you not, these were her exact words, everybody in this town is sick, somebody needs to call the dea. I was dumbfounded, and had absolutely no response, she proceeded to try and tell me how to get a hold of the dea so I could call. I was not exaggerating when I said this town was on drugs, and I feel like I'm supposed to be here, I think I'm going to go to the local paper and see if I can get them to do a story on my blog, I think this town needs a lot of help. I will continue to work hard and say the right things when these people I don't even know want to talk about drugs, maybe some of me will wear off on them, you n ever know. well I have worked very hard today and I have earned a good night's rest, I guess it's time to go get payed, James
Jim, there is nothing wrong with aspiring for excellence in all you do, but you want to try to retain some humility in the process! Don't be growing the big head on us now! Do remember what pride goes before. Other than that one caution, sounds like the Lord may have brought you there for a good purpose. Just be careful not to think of yourself more highly than you ought (Romans 12:3). Just trying to be a good friend.
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Jim, I hope you can get the local newspaper to possibly do a big writeup about "The Book of James" and how working on this blog has turned you into a happy, clean & sober human being. Maybe they could start from Day l and print one of your blogs each day. It should encourage people who are struggling with addictions to see how you've completely turned your life around. All of us who have been following you are both happy for you and proud of you.
ReplyDeleteJack has a good point (or warning) though. Don't become too prideful, because as the bible says: "Pride comes before a fall." Don't get me wrong, you should be proud of what you've accomplished, but just don't get too big a head. It's important to remain humble and give some of the glory to God. People who are humble are so much kinder than people who think too highly of themselves. And from all I've read through all of your other blogs, you seem like such a genuinely, kind person.
I'll be praying that the local newspaper is very interested in your story, as it can turn that whole town inside out.
God Bless! Nancy
If it seems like the "whole town" is on drugs you probably need to look a little further, visit some other places - because that seems unlikely. It couldn't be much of a college if only drug addicts are attending there...also, have you checked into finding a drug support group there?
ReplyDeleteBecause you have been low I know that you can appreciate that there is a light in all of us. The power of this blog is showing no matter how low and for how long there is a way back to the light. That town sounds like a lot of small towns in America right now and the lady was right people are sick --there is an epidemic. I do hope the paper does a story on the blog; I don't know why they wouldn't. Make sure you let them know another paper already wrote about it. A lot of people will not recognize the good deeds of someone unless someone else has already recognized it. Just the way people are, don't trust their own judgment. Love ya. ~d
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