Today I can reach out for help. When my mind turns in on itself and goes
around and around tossing the same old thoughts up and watching them
land, I will remind myself that I can reach out. Sometimes just the
thought of reaching out is enough. It sets something into motion that
opens a door or a window. I can also reach UP, inside of myself to a Higher
Power. That act too, creates an inner change. I do not
need to think of reaching out today as a big act; just a little, sincere
thought makes a difference. This disease is isolating, it teaches me to relay only on myself and to look for all the answers in my own head. When I isolate I increase my isolation, that’s all. I practice isolating and get good at it and even more out of practice at connecting with others. Today I will pick up the phone or get to a meeting. I will smile at someone, chat during the break, open my mouth.

I will break my isolation and get better at connecting in small ways



God dwells wherever men let Him in.
Martin Buber

I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me– shapes and ideas so near to me–so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn’t occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
Georgia O’Keeffe