For your consideration

Last week we had those two P.D. days; day one was pretty much need-to-know business informational sorts of stuff. On day two there were two 'outside' presentators; one morning, one afternoon. I'll talk a bit about the second session.

The fellow who did it is Patrick Mathieu. He has developed a program called "The Power Of Mortality", the basis of which is that we can all expect to die someday and that the sooner we accept the notion, the sooner we can live a fuller life. Patrick began with a brief bio which explained the genesis and development of his program. He then lead us through a series of exercises in order to give us perspective on how we view our lives and the extent to which we tend to actually 'live' them. Although he has no 12 Step background his Mortality Manifesto ties in very neatly with our 'One Day At A Time' credo. Resolve past issues, do some common sense housekeeping for future needs and live fully NOW! Be present; be authentic.

Worth checking out at: www.PowerOfMortality.com

I think Patrick found us a tough crowd to present to - a bunch of retired drunks and addicts who've stared Death down on more than one occassion, beat his ass and partied away his last dollar, all the while laughing about what a wuss Death is - but held his ground very capably.