Wednesday
August 27, 2014

Life on Life's Terms

Karmic avalanche

When I walked into the building the next morning, The Other Ken was talking to Julie.  I walked past them, stopping at Patty the Office Manager Who Really Runs the Site's office.

"Julie's coming back into treatment," Patty said, shaking her head in amazement.

"What happened?  Musta been something big."

"That's just it," Patty said.  "Nothing bad happened from this relapse.  Julie's scared to death thinking something bad should have happened." 

"You lost me," I said.

"Julie thinks the Universe is waiting to spring something horrible on her.  She says a 'karmic avalanche' is coming her way because of all the things she got away with during this binge."

"And she wants to be sober to deal with whatever karma has in store?" I asked.

"Exactly."

"Glad she's back safe, whatever the reason."

Today I will be grateful for whatever brings me to safe places. 

Life on Life's Terms (c) 2014 by Ken Montrose

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Smart Bears, Angry Rats

"Ask not for whom the bell tolls," John Donne   75 Years from now

Two days later, right after Sammy ingested the purest Lil' Bit he could have imagined, he OD'd.  Whatever insight he'd had about the cure for cancer died with him.  The Caller was infuriated.  He had Sammy's body thrown down a mine shaft.  A young rat, just a little smarter and meaner than the rest, found the body first. 

T'Cell wasted years looking for his father, convinced he was still alive. 

Today I'll remember what the poet said:  no man is an island, one man's death diminishes us all.

Smart Bears, Angry Rats (c) 2014 by Ken Montrose