This Friday morning I got off to a good start.  I got up on time, got the kids fed and off to school.  I had good energy and initiative and did a great deal of yard work and ran errands.  I finally got my oil changed.  I had some revolutionary thoughts about the spiritual life, I wish that I could remember them.

In the evening I got to go to a 12 step meeting.  I went to one of my favorite groups but found that it was a speaker meeting.  The speaker was a guy that I have seen before who doesn't even attend the fellowship of the group.  Outside the meeting I got to talk to a new person.  When the meeting started I decided to seek out a different group.  

I went to a group that I rarely attend.  Their meeting was an unusual format and an unusual book, "Living Sober".   I have to admit that I almost left that one also due to my preconceptions of that book.  But as the meeting transpired and I read some of the book, I was surprised to find the content appealing.  It seems that with an open mind, through the lens of the 12 step principles, and with consideration of the intention of the book, it was incredibly appealing and made a lot more sense.  I thought of it as sort of a text about the steps before the steps.  I got to meet some good people.

Thanks be to God for this day.