One Life • Many Roads
One Life • Many Roads
As mentioned in yesterday's post Road to Wellness: Is Your Life Killing You?, I'm starting a journey. Equal parts recovery and self-discovery, I'm uncertain of the exact roads I'll travel. However, commitment and determination will help me reach home.
The personal stakes are high. Failure is not an option.
Today, I take a first step on the road to wellness. Before the journey starts, I pause to hold up a mirror and ask myself, "Is your life killing you?"
The mirror's reflection tells me a hard but clear truth, "Yes, your life is killing you."
If you’re going through Hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
I am a prisoner of my own existence, a dead man walking. Squandered are the chances to live a life of meaning and intention. Traded are the moments with family, especially my son and daughter, helping them grow, explore the world, getting to know others and themselves. Experiencing them
"There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind." — C. S. Lewis
...And the Earth Moved: Two Liars
"I'm an alcoholic."
There it was. Clear and honest and painful.
