Today I talk a little more about having direction in my life as a key element. Without knowing what I want to be, do or have I just flounder around and that creates down feeling that leads to more floundering around until I'm totally down on myself and miserable. Knowing where I want to go though is only part of the solution because I need to be commented to it. In the Eight-fold Path of the Dharma there is Right Effort and that means "I don't care how much effort it will take I am doing this." It also means that I focus on how I am consuming my energy and where I am directing that energy to live a good life and be happy. For today though I will just put down that another key is Commitment and add that to the Key of having a destination.

As I continue my story of recovery and how I've stayed clean and sober all these years I discovered a key element for myself. The Key I feel that helps keep me headed in the right direction is Purpose or simply knowing where I am going. I have a mentor who teaches to entrepreneurs and he has seen the same element that holds back their businesses. If they don't have a good idea of where they want to take the business then it doesn't grow or flourish.  I'm the same way in fact I tend to drift away from good habits to my simple base nature.

So feeling on purpose is a key element for me without it I lack direction and don't stay on the right path. I hope you listen today and can relate something for yourself and maybe identify the same key.

Today's episode is the beginning of my story about the realization that even though I was clean and sober I was still suffering and like the Buddha teaches it was suffering due to my own causes. This is the beginning of the story that I will share this week of how I grew to a high level of understanding, success and happiness.

Welcome back to you all. From Booze to Buddha is a program about personal and spiritual growth. I share myself and my stories openly as a mentor who would simply show how they have accomplished something, what they did to achieve it and be an example. Here in these new episodes I am sharing my story of new growth and insight as I have taken myself to higher levels of success in my life as I define them for myself. I will be sharing the things I have been doing as I understand how it is possible to be happy all the time and live a life without difficulties.

Please come with me on this journey.

Namaste

I've been working, meditating and growing! How about you? Welcome or Welcome back today listen to what you can expect in the days to come.

Namaste!

In an effort to be of service I share my experiences and the things in my life that are hard. It is my intention to show how I use what I have learned to break though the barriers that feel like the challenge that I need to push myself though. I've done this and found my continued success by maintaining 100% responsibility for my life.

In an effort to take 100% responsibility for my life I feel I need to explore it more to know what it means.

Today I take responsibility for my life and what it is becoming. I learned this through my behavior and the wisdom of the 12 Steps of AA. I have since learned that this is considered the first principle of success.

Now I can see why.

Today I begin by thanking you the listener and as I do I begin to talk on several topics while expressing my gratitude.

Really Thanks for listening!

Namaste!

These past few episodes have been about exploring root causes of suffering and behavior. In my thoughts about it and my recent experiences the subject of values came up. I immediately saw how the importance we each place on our higher values is a guiding influence in our behavior and responses to events. Through meditation on my values influencing my decisions and behaviors I recognize once again how I am the cause of suffering in my life.