*A note on this entry: The Dekeyser & Friends project I’m on is all about inspiration. I hope this blog entry, and many others that I attempt to write as honestly as possible, are never construed as “anti-inspirational” or worse: depressing. From sadness comes growth, and from growth comes inspiration. I’ll get there someday. Happy [...]
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…With A Smile
Posted in Al-Anon Recover, Brain Dump, Theatre, Turkey 2009 on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Truth Be Told
Posted in Brain Dump, Theatre, Turkey 2009 on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We only ever want to share the good things. Somehow human nature has programmed us to hide our secrets deep inside. But there are so many bad things that pass through. Not because we’re bad, but because we’re beautifully fallible and if we were immune to negativity, to pessimism and greed and anger, we would [...]
The Biggest Suffering Is This
Posted in Al-Anon Recover, Brain Dump, Theatre, Turkey 2009 on October 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been struggling for days now to come to some sort of enlightened conclusion about the ‘reason’ for the shin splints which I’ve been suffering from. Judging by my substitution of factual Twitter updates for a more in-depth blog, it’s clear I’ve failed in this endeavor.
My legs started paining me last Friday during training, but [...]
100% Gluten and Drama Free
Posted in Al-Anon Recover, Brain Dump on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I met a friend the other night that I hadn’t seen in a while, and while I was preparing for the rendez-vous, I was playing out different conversations in my head and how they might go. (Because this is what I do…)
I imagined answering the question, How are you? At first, I thought of groaning [...]
Best Bad Day Ever
Posted in Al-Anon Recover, Brain Dump, Cambridge/Boston - The Present on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today was a pretty rough day, but it was also pretty rockin’. Here’s why:
Gut Shot #1: Parking ticket in Central Square, even after I fed the meter. Should have remembered that they stalk those metal boxes just waiting for someone to be five minutes late, like I was.
Silver Lining: I sat in the car eating [...]
Gettin’ Down to It… With a Capital ‘I’
Posted in Al-Anon Recover, Brain Dump, Cambridge/Boston - The Present on September 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The second step is simple: We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Al-Anon claims to have atheists amongst them; and, indeed, I’ve met some that have entered as such and found their way to their own personal higher power. Me, I’ve always carried a higher power around with [...]
Nothing Day – Saturday the 22nd
Posted in Brain Dump, Cambridge/Boston - The Present, Snapshots on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow I work a full day with two kids, and don’t stop until next Saturday. Today I enjoyed my last day off for a while, and with nothing planned, I soaked up the details of the day.
A tiny little dog, sitting happily panting in a fountain between Fanuiel Hall and the North End.
Two tourists, walking [...]
Life of Wellness
Posted in Al-Anon Recover, Brain Dump, Cambridge/Boston - The Present on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The book talks about self-healing and it leads me to think about my life as a massage practitioner. Originally an idea as a back-up job to acting, massage has become much more to me than just this. It’s a way for me to give back, to better understand the way we humans work as a [...]
The Sleep Debate
Posted in Brain Dump on August 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I started reading “The Insomnia Solution” today – a book that claims to teach you how to relax your body and naturally induce sound sleep. Suddenly I’m wondering – is every doctor I’ve ever seen a complete idiot?
I bounce around a lot, so it’s been a while since I last had a real general practitioner [...]
…plus tard
Posted in Al-Anon Recover, Brain Dump on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
gratitute. on a day like today, where i’m compelled to write pages, there’s something the matter on the inside, and that means i need to calm myself and find gratitute.
there are so many different schools of thought, which ring true. they all seem very wholistic, yet they conflict. al-anon talks about acceptance – seeing life [...]
