Andrew’s thoughts & observations
A stream of thoughts and ideas, messy & unclean
I stumbled upon Anne Lamott one morning thanks to Brené Brown and her blog post on being sober. The quote that Brené used of Anne made me sit up and listen:
“Help is the sunny side of control. Stop helping so much. Don’t get your help and goodness all over everybody.”
12 truths I learned from life and writing
Check out Anne’s TED talk: 12 truths I learned from life and writing
Brené Brown writes about her being sober for 23 years. Recently I discovered that I had a socially acceptable form of addiction. – Solving problems that aren’t mine to be solved. It’s been about a month of ‘being sober’ for me, and I’m already starting to see the positive affects. My mantra “this isn’t my problem to solve”.
https://brenebrown.com/articles/2019/05/31/what-being-sober-has-meant-to-me/