So, where were you in April, Hunt? Part 4

May 28, 2014 · by huntmode | in COPD, Musings, Stories, WPLongform | tagged Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, disease, family, God, government aid, health, illness, joy, LifeLock, living well, love, retirement, social security disability, stress, thankfulness, unemployment, wplongform | 27 Comments

I’ve been promising to fill in the blanks as to what happened during April and the first few weeks of May that made me such a low profile blogger. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. April 2014 Continued…: So, exactly what would you do if you suddenly had $22,000 […]

So, where were you in April, Hunt? Part 3

May 28, 2014 · by huntmode | in COPD, Musings, Stories, WPLongform | tagged Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, disease, God, government aid, health, illness, LifeLock, retirement, social security disability, stress, unemployment, wplongform | 9 Comments

I’ve been promising to fill in the blanks as to what happened during April and the first few weeks of May that made me such a low profile blogger. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. April 2014 Continued…: The envelope still sat, unopened, on the table. I sat down at the table, took […]

What’s happening

February 8, 2014 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times, Musings | tagged appreciation, attitude, good news, jobs, joy, positive, priorities, stress, tough news, transcribing audio, update | 28 Comments

As a quick update, it is snowing here in Federal Way, Washington. Our first snow despite having experienced low 20s and teens this past week. It’s lovely. I have had some great news the past week re work. A temp position from March 11-April 24. A second one I’ve been waiting on came through Thursday […]

This just needs to be said.

February 1, 2014 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times, Musings, Stories, Weekly Writing Challenge | tagged attitude, choice, DPchallenge, inspiration, joy, laughter, living well, love, metaphysics, positive, spirituality, stress, survivor, victim | 46 Comments

I am angry right now. I may think better of this and back off from publishing it, but I need to write this out for myself and for every person who has had to pick up the shattered pieces left by someone suffering from pain, depression, bi-polar, manic depressive cycles, drug addicts, alcoholics, victims of […]

Rule No. 7: Others Are Merely Mirrors of You

January 31, 2014 · by huntmode | in AWOL: When to Lay the Weapons Down, Commentary - Modern Times, WPLongform | tagged addiction, attitude, choice, emotional, health, joy, life, living well, love, mental, Negative, physical, positive, priorities, spirituality, stress, wplongform | 13 Comments

Once again, this course, “When to Lay the Weapons Down” was written for attorneys and the lessons were loosely based around Rules for Being Human. OTHERS ARE MERELY MIRRORS OF YOU You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. It’s a curious thing, have […]

Rule No. 6: “There” Is No Better Than “Here”

January 29, 2014 · by huntmode | in AWOL: When to Lay the Weapons Down, Commentary - Modern Times | tagged attitude, choice, emotional, health, living well, mental, physical, priorities, spirituality, stress, time | 14 Comments

“THERE” IS NO BETTER THAN ”HERE” When your “there” has become a “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here”. INTERVIEW WITH YOURSELF – WHO ARE YOU? The following exercise is to clarify to yourself why you are where you are and where you intend to be. It will […]

Rule No. 5: Learning Lessons Does Not End

January 22, 2014 · by huntmode | in AWOL: When to Lay the Weapons Down, Commentary - Modern Times | tagged addiction, attitude, choice, emotional, health, living well, mental, physical, priorities, spirituality, stress, substance abuse | 12 Comments

Once again, this course, “When to Lay the Weapons Down” was written for attorneys and the lessons were loosely based around Rules for Being Human. While you may not be an attorney, this is based on how you work with the people around you, those above and below you. It is attitude, not position […]

Rule No. 4: A Lesson Is Repeated Until Learned

January 16, 2014 · by huntmode | in AWOL: When to Lay the Weapons Down, Commentary - Modern Times | tagged addiction, attitude, choice, emotional, health, living well, mental, physical, priorities, spirituality, stress, substance abuse | 13 Comments

A LESSON IS REPEATED UNTIL LEARNED. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson. Why on earth would anyone choose to experience substance abuse? The very words are rather silly and far too […]

Rule No. 3: There Are No Mistakes, Only Lessons

January 14, 2014 · by huntmode | in AWOL: When to Lay the Weapons Down, Commentary - Modern Times | tagged attitude, choice, emotional, health, Listening Within, living well, mental, physical, priorities, spirituality, stress, The Pendulum | 11 Comments

THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, ONLY LESSONS. Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately “works.” Take a moment and remember yourself five years ago. Are you the same person? What have you learned? Think of something that upset […]

Notes to Self – January 13, 2014

January 13, 2014 · by huntmode | in AWOL: When to Lay the Weapons Down, Commentary - Modern Times, Musings, Stories | tagged attitude, AWOL, challenge, choice, stress, When to Lay the Weapons Down | 13 Comments

As I wrote in the first of Notes to Self, these are to clear up any confusion or questions from the AWOL manual, “When to Lay the Weapons Down,” being published serially here. Much of the manual plays off of Rules for Being Human. Because this is a blog, I break individual chapters into parts, […]