@dustinrhodes 10 1/2 years sober. It meant so much to me going through the program that I started hosting Sober Saturday online and am back in school working on a bachelor of science in substance abuse counseling. Never would have imagined this is where life would lead after sobriety.
@RepScottPerry From Jordan’s temper tantrum to become speaker killing any legitimacy he might have had for the speakership, to his ties to stop the steal, to his questionable past denying his own knowledge of pedophilia taking place under his watch as a former coach, these are a few reasons why
Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.
The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no.
Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.
You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.
Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others.
Be civilized.
Credit: Ira Byock.