Good Morning Digital Neighbors & ADD Irrrgulars!!! The time to put my focus where my mouth has been had arrived. Therapy begins today and the daily movement towards a new normalcy.
PERSPECTIVE
I could be in far worse shape had I fallen backwards. I hope not to forget that very real alternative.
Surgery went really well. I am thankful for when and where I live that such things are possible.
I am fortunate to have insurance to help deal with this and all future expenses.
I have been blanketed with prayers, love, support and friendship in the last 48 hours that I knew was real and solid and now have it confirmed in spades! I am so incredibly blessed.
Please keep the prayers and well wishes coming - the real challenges ahead of me are probably more attitudinal rather than the physical. I feel very blessed at the moment that grace has given me good perspective and a I think a good amount of acceptance and patience.
Time will tell how I handle the temptations and frustrations that lie ahead, but I am hopeful for more occasions of gratitude and less new material for Confession. I’m sure I’ll have plenty to add to the content. I’m so thankful that my fall wasn’t recorded- it was a mixture of prayer & swear.
Please know of my continued prayers and gratitude for all of you. My circles of love and support are many and I am thankful for them all. I could not be more blessed with the good souls God has placed in my life, I am so thankful for each and all of you.
Peace - Padre
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
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Good Morning, Digital Neighbors, and Blessed Sunday to one and all!
Sundays are for gratitude, and few things impact our lives more than intentional gratitude. It is not enough to say you are blessed or that you are fortunate; the actual naming of our blessings plants them deep in the heart, transforming us as persons rather than leaving us with the bland “thankful for everything.”
Two years ago, I wrote this reflection on resentment and gratitude. In light of the celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary, I think it’s worth revisiting. We can choose to be among those who are thankful for America or among those who find nothing but fault with it.
You cannot build a future based on resentments of the past. You cannot grow if you are mired in the injuries of yesterday. God and life do not call us to ignore such experiences, but He constantly calls us forward—to be more, to receive more, to live more. Heal those wounds and work through those injuries, but do not be defined by them, and do not try to ...
