Except for the part where mankind took a wrong-turn, what God set in motion -with the creation of the universe with man in mind- 🤔 is nothing short of INCREIBLE’!!!!!

If someone takes issue with you, judges you, rejects you… -there’s about a 50% probability it tain’t (ALL 😁) you -now try convincing your average citizen of that though! God has been taking the brunt of man’s barrage of self-will-run-riot*; what with all its’ flaws… simply put, THE WORLD’S A CRAZY PLACE -REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU MAY THINK PERSONALLY 🤷‍♂️ For example:

•People make the wrong choices ALL THE ⏲

•People make 👎 choices ALL THE ⏲

•People choose THE WRONG PEOPLE ALL THE TIME (it’s human nature, especially for a woman, to feel safe and comfortable -even if it means feeling disrespected and unloved somewhere down the road).

•And finally…**

*The Alcoholic is not the only one these days guilty of self-will-run-riot. As I have been getting better in AA -this country appears to have taken a turn for the worst. 🤷‍♂️

**Perhaps one of the most damaging patterns I experienced in my childhood was that of constantly being blamed -an atmosphere of absolutely no accountability on the part of those around me***. AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN EVERYDAY LIFE AS AN ADULT. The world would have us believe we’re the proverbial “square-peg in the round hole” and that is the most damaging thing…

***People apparently don’t like to apologize-admit when they’re wrong

Chocolate chip cookies 🍪 I remember crossing this lady’s yard in San Francisco… Along with my cousin Tony and his friend Louis…

The thing about Alcoholics Anonymous that I think is unfortunate is: that a lot of people hide the way they really feel; hide what’s really going on in their lives -and when new people come in who are all shaken up and hurting and their lives are a disaster…. they feel very isolated, and unique in their situation.

One of the worst things that take place in this country is that we’re not allowed to be who we are and still receive receive the basic necessities and comforts in life. This has 2 very basic drawbacks:

•We can’t be ourselves calm and we can’t open up about who we are and what’s going on in our lives truthfully -so we stay as sick as our secrets*(**)

•We train people to lie and deceive and not be real and truthful about who we are and who we are not they are not in order to get what society has to offer (WHAT WE OURSELVES NEED TO SURVIVE IN MANY INSTANCES).

I started noticing this pattern with women when I was going to college – If they weren’t interested (lie) or were spoken for:

• They would mention a boyfriend or a husband within the 1st minute.

If they were interested:

•They would ask you what you do for a living in the 1st minute.

So one day we’ll talk into this young lady -Sure enough, within the 1st minute she asked me what I do for a living. My response, “I’m (independently) poor 😄!” The rude… just walked off.

*It should be wrong that people who step forward and tell the truth are punished. “We should be encouraging not discouraging such behavior”. Certainly the second part of the aforementioned statement is correct.

** I think women in a lot of ways are much more healthy emotionally because maybe because they more readily open up to one another where as men….

***Women hate that men lie and deceive to get what they want. But there’s another side to that coin.. Is it the man’s fault that he can’t get what he wants by showing who he truly is? There’s gotta be a balance in here somewhere.****

**** Sure, we have to work hard and become better people and be dynamic in our lives… but at the same time there’s gotta be some acceptance of who we are and where we’re at in our lives as well. Acceptance from others (so we don’t feel the need to deceive, be ashamed…)… (and from our selves).