By Andrew Arthur Dawson
Today’s question is…
What is one goal you’ve set for yourself that you currently are striving to finish?
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
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“Let us run with determination the race that lies before us…” (Hebrews 12:1 (GNT))
Many people often make goals for themselves but give up somewhere along the way to achieving it. I’ve been there oh…so…many times where I’ve actually set some destination in mind for myself, where I’ve always intended to arrive at, yet stopped running towards it at some point or another, always citing any number of reasons why. Presently, I am on one of those races right now with my eyes fixed on a goal that I made a long while back, and it’s one I realized was the very answer I sought in an article I posted just over a week ago or so, where I asked my readers whether I should keep TheTwelfthStep.com site up and running.
When I wrote that heartfelt article recently about whether I should keep this blog going or not, I was honestly amazed at the number of responses I received after it was officially posted. Ultimately, I soon came to recognize that I was seeking external validation rather than doing the internal job I needed to do to find that answer. While I took to heart every comment and feedback I received to that article, the conclusion I came to was one that most assuredly emanated from within.
I started this blog with a longevity in mind that I promised myself I’d make and if I did make it, I would earmark it for that achievement. That feat was to consecutively write in a blog for 10 years. I wanted to prove to myself I could share something from my life every single day for an entire decade and now, that earmark is almost upon me.
While I’m exhausted on so many levels from keeping this site up and running, January 14th, 2023, will mark the end of a race I first sought to run when it comes to TheTwelfthStep.com. This is why I have decided that I will keep writing up and through that day to achieve a very feat that I never thought possible. What happens beyond that I don’t know.
Maybe this site looks different after that. Maybe I’ll only write once a week about something that truly moves me. Or maybe I won’t write at all for it until I feel moved about something. Or maybe I decide to just shut it down for good. Whatever I choose, I’m satisfied knowing I went within to get the answer and now plan to run the rest of this race with a fierce determination to actually reach the end of one for once in my life.
Dear God, I know the race I’ve been on has been long and arduous, but I also know the finish line is just ahead. All I ask is that you please help me to reach it. Thank you.
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
Silly Joke #1
It was a stifling hot day and a man fainted in the middle of a busy intersection. Traffic quickly piled up in all directions, and a woman rushed to help him. As she knelt down to loosen his collar, a man emerged from the crowd, and immediately pushed her aside, and said, “It’s all right, Honey, I’ve had a course in first aid!” The woman stood up and watched as he took the ill man’s pulse and prepared to administer artificial respiration. At this point she tapped him on the shoulder and said, “When you get to the part from your first-aid course that’s about calling a doctor, just know I’m already here ok?”
Silly Joke #2
A lawyer was cross-examining the doctor about whether or not he had checked the pulse of the deceased before he signed the death certificate. “No,” the doctor said. “I did not check his pulse.” “And did you listen for a heartbeat?” asked the lawyer. “No I did not,” the doctor said. “So,” said the lawyer, “when you signed the death certificate, you had not taken steps to make sure he was dead.” The doctor said, “Well, let me put it this way. The man’s brain was in a jar on my desk by that point, but for all I know, I guess he could be out practicing law somewhere.”
Silly Joke #3
Little Johnny, who always says the most inappropriate of things watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face. “Why do you do that to your face, mommy?” he asked. “Oh, this, it’s to make myself beautiful dear,” said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue. “What’s the matter then Mommy?” asked Little Johnny as he watched her remove it. “Are you giving up?”
Bonus Silly Joke
An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay of execution for a client who was due to be hanged for murder at midnight. His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed. As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on him about, ‘What time of night to be getting home is this? Where have you been?’ ‘Dinner is cold and I’m not reheating it’. And on and on and on. Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he went and poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he dragged himself up the stairs. While he was in the bath, the phone rang. The wife answered and was told that her husband’s client, James Wright, had been granted a stay of execution after all. Wright would not be hanged tonight. Finally realizing what a terrible day he must have had, she decided to go upstairs and give him the good news. As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the sight of her husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet. ‘I just wanted you to know they’re not hanging Wright tonight,’ she said. To which he whirled around and screamed, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, DON’T YOU EVER STOP?!”
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson