Suess!
"Fancy Boy!"
Success!
"You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures." Elizabeth Gilbert
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“You’re lost in the desert with nothing but a map and a compass. To the north, there’s a city just an hour away—salvation. To the east, you’ll find a train station that will eventually get you home. There’s an oasis to the west (but it’s in the middle of nowhere) and nothing but certain death to the south.
So which direction are you walking? It seems simple enough: Walk north for an hour and you’re saved. Everything else is a waste of time and/or resources—or worse.
The Life Compass is the tool that can point you in the right direction for you and your life. Find your north (The Desire Zone) and enjoy ample time to grow your good life and have a life outside outside of your job. Get caught up at the oasis (Distraction Zone) and you’re just wasting your time not making progress toward your goals. The train station (Disinterest Zone) might eventually get you where you need to be, but you’re going out of your way to get there. The Drudgery Zone is death for your productivity and life balance.”
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I get frustrated when I am asked, "How can the homeless situation be solved?
A recent study has shown that the present situation with the Mayor and Governor-- bringing the National Guard in to solve the fentanyl "crisis" and the sweeps by the police taking the possessions and moving the homeless to other places lower the life expectancy and increase mental health issues for those who live on the streets.
."Success", is best explained in this quote by
Michael Richard Green Lauts whom himself was once homeless:
"I repeat this so often …. Love thy neighbor as thyself! I try and try to live this as I have taken so many people into my home and fed them and bathed them and housed them in hopes to help them…. Until we all realize we are one family, the children of God, we will continue this destructive spiral of hate…. Our love can change the world, but our love is too passive…. We are too cowardly to commit our heart and soul to our family and therefore we fail." Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God!
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Fr. Christian River Damien Sims, sfw, D.Min., D.S,T.
P.O. Box 642656
San Francisco, CA 94164
415-305-2124
"I write because writing is the way I protest.
Ministry on the streets is the way I resist. doing what I can to proclaim the Gospel of Love to every human being with out judgment--All Are Welcome!" "River's 2023 Mission Statement!