I have been away for the last week doing a workshop and speaking at an AA/ Al-Anon Jamboree in South Padre Island, TX. I love the opportunities my work affords me to meet people from all over the world. Doing workshops, based on books I have written, gives me such pleasure. I feel that I have “been selected” to do the work I do. And I’m quite sure the angels hover around me whether I am at the computer writing a post like this one, a book like the memoir I am currently writing for Hazelden, or standing before an audience in this country or abroad, sharing my experience, strength, and hope.
Your comments, to what I have shared, continue to amaze me. I mentioned this in a post last week but I feel compelled to mention it again. The time you devote to finding the site, reading the post, and then commenting on it gratifies me more than you can imagine. Every writer’s first dream is that others are being reached by her words. The second dream is that a reader, any reader, will let the writer know that her words have not been ignored. Thousands of you have let me know you “heard.” I love you for that.
Now back to the week end. The hospitality in Texas was fabulous. Every one had a hug and a good word to say about my workshop, my talk or some of my books. And they were just plain nice, besides. My previous experience in Texas was very limited. I got a speeding ticket! Many years ago. Back before my life had begun to change. I had been warned about the state being one big speed trap but alcoholics never figure they will fall in to one of them. At least not this alcoholic. Not a young woman driving a red MGB.
What a relief to visit Texas this time. There was no way I was going to be caught speeding. No way I was going to be caught drinking. No way I was going to be caught behaving in any way other than the right way, the way a sober woman behaves. Thank God for the changes this life affords us. Thank God.
Have you considered all that you have to be grateful for lately? I’m sure there are any number of things. There always are.
