With my new lawn mower. This thing rocks. It is quiet, it is energy efficient (using only my arm, leg, and back power), it is supposed to actually be good for the grass. And I can use it when I want to. I won't wake anyone up using this thing!A man I deeply respected in AA used to say that you could do an instant test of how well you were really doing in AA by looking at how well you "blend" in the world with the rest of the people. Whenever I am standing outside on my lawn, talking to my neighbors, I marvel at what a miracle it is to just be standing there, a neighbor among neighbors. By the Grace of God I get to "blend" most of the time today.
"We have not once sought to be one in a family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society. Always we tried to struggle to the top of the heap, or to hide underneath it. This self-centered behavior blocked a partnership relation with any one of those about us. Of true brotherhood we had small comprehension." -- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 53
13 comments:
MC...I'm a little worried about your toes being exposed. Aren't there blades on that thing? However....the shoes are darling.
That's a cool tool.
I don't blend well. There's a goal for today, eh?
I have never seen such a bright and shiny lawn mower. I have, however, seen those shoes before.
Such lovely shoes, and painted toes to boot, so to say.
lisa
Cool, we just had our yearly block party. What a gift to be a part of. To blend without the alcohol.
Happy Thursday MC,
Gwen~
Wow, that is really powerful what your friend said. A.A. has allowed me to blend with the rest of the world. Well most of the time.
Wow! Amazing! Just posted about being in love with my new sober life and it is all about true brotherhood and service.
lovely toes. my kids have one of those things which they love. And yes!!!! to the wonder of being a regular person among other regular people. I loved your second paragraph.
I once used one of those mowers - I was sore for a week. Am I out of shape? I'm embarassed to say that I never mowed a lawn again!
going green and lean at the same time---very cool!
That perfect little foot does not care about blending in with the crowd. It is in a class of its own. Vain little red tootsies too!
NO PHI in my pic, I thought about that... Hope you are well have fun mowing your lawn
MC how I adore your tosies! Soon the grass will fall ill to snow. Are you excited? I am, but I am ignorant to the actual seasons . . . in So CAL we live a fake winter somewhat. Going to Chicago in a few weeks . . . I am hoping to see some REAL fall.
Muah!
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