Monday, October 24, 2011

Show me how to live!

"Nail in my hand, From my creator, You gave me life, Now show me how to live!"
 - Audioslave

How many times do we see lyrics to songs as prayers? 

Sometimes they're begging for help from God. Sometimes the songwriters are cursing God, or maybe what they thought God done wrong to them. And other times, they're thanking him for the wondrous love that they've found.  

What's that tell us about us, humans?  I think it says we're confused, we've got chaos in our lives, and we're searching for direction.  I don't have all the answers, but sometimes we can grab a song out of our "song basket" and get our heads twisted back into a positive direction.  And if the music and songs that I'm listening to aren't helping me attain a positive attitude, maybe I ought to re-think what I'm listening to. 

I've had friends in the program tell me they've taken complete groups, or albums out of their listening collection. But if they think they need to do that in order to stay sober, then more power to them, and God Bless them.  I think that's a bit extreme, but I have noticed that I don't let myself dwell on the songs that bring me down. And have taken active steps not to listen to songs or groups of songs that might make me think negative thoughts, and want to drink. 
Today, I don't want to listen to songs that made (make) me want to drink and party like I used to. 

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Whipped and haggard

Sometimes I'm out of time to  make a blog post, and sometimes my head is in the dumper.

If my head isn't right, I can't write a positive blog post. - But That's one reason why I have this blog, is to MAKE me think of something positive to say. :)

Other days, I'm so out of time, or far from a decent keyboard (the phone is NOT a decent device to post to the blog, in my opinion).

Comments do help encourage me to continue on, and post some more.  Tho' they won't help me turn back the hands of time, they do help. :)

Time Management, it's an art.

I hope everyone has a great week!