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Category: Health & Wellness / Topics: Addictions • Courage • Rehabilitation and Therapy
Recovery: A Lifelong Jounrey
Posted: March 29, 2009
In celebration of the road less traveled…
A road to freedom
(in spite of the inevitable potholes and flat tires).
A path of forgiveness
(both of others and yourself).
A street of dreams
(bypassing those all-too-familiar nightmarish dead ends).
A freeway of new beginnings
(devoid of those dreaded tollbooths that marked the old way)
An on-ramp to Transformation Turnpike
(that allows immediate access no matter where you are).
A parkway of beauty
(where you rediscover the indescribable wonder of nature).
A route of peace
(that leads beyond external happiness to inner contentment).
A highway of hope
(where the rear-view mirror gives way to the windshield).
A lifelong journey
(where the trip is as meaningful as the destination).
* The above poem is dedicated to countless friends who have made the courageous decision to acknowledge addictions and self-destructive patterns of behavior in order to begin the lifelong journey on the road called "recovery."
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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