I’m grateful for a really productive day. I’m grateful for an excellent cup of coffee this morning. I’m grateful for my brother and his birthday. I’m grateful for understanding the connection between humility and acceptance. I’m grateful for the life I’m leading. I’m grateful for resilience, self-honesty and letting go. I’m grateful for soft serve ice cream. I’m grateful to be sober today.
How many rectangles can you spot?1
One last thought on the whole “Letting Go” discussion and that is that the “Letting Go” playlist is a pretty awesome one, right?2I was walking last evening and wondering why I didn’t mention these two songs, both huge favorites of mine, in connection with this discussion. I love both of these songs, a lot, and I’ve been waiting for an excuse to work them in and then I missed the perfect chance:3
In particular, my love of “Somebody Else’s Guy” and it’s inclusion in many of my playlists has aroused some suspicion over the years—but think you can trust that if I was going to make an “admission against interest,” as we used to call that in the law business, it’s not going to be by putting a song on a playlist. Want to know why I love it so much? I love the instrumental break in the middle and the way it gets stripped all the way down to percussion and vocals and then builds back one instrument at a time. I think the keyboard riff at about 5:21 is about the grooviest bit of music ever. So, that’s why.
I read this yesterday and thought it was just fantastic and wanted to share it with you:
Seriously, I thought this was really, really great and wish that everyone struggling with the idea that they might need to make a change could read something like this. I looked at AA and recovery as my punishment and thought that I was being condemned to the Island of Misfit Toys where they serve only really bad church-basement coffee.4 It turns out that I was wrong. I lead a pretty full, vibrant life and not drinking doesn’t stop me from doing too much. I think Tatiana Gallardo has this exactly right! This whole sobriety thing can be pretty groovy!
Thanks for Letting Me Share
I did really poorly in geometry and I definitely did not set out yesterday with the idea of finding cool geometry-based photos. Is this how art happens?
I am already flooded with so many perfect “letting go” songs like “Already Gone” by the Eagles, “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt, to name the first two that popped into my head. If I don’t stop now, this will get completely out of hand.
Another good thing about this turning into a daily newsletter—mistakes and omissions only last 24 hours.
And now you have an idea what my hell might look like.
Okay, that article by Tatiana is great. It’s making me think!
That church basement coffee hits different, but perhaps that’s due to all the grounds you have to chew on.