My prayer

I pray today that the Creator will have use of me, that God will guide me by His will and not mine.
If that means I never get rich or famous, drive a fancy car or whatever, then that's what it means. If it means I die and people believe that I have never accomplished a thing.... well then it does. If it means SM finally snaps my spine.... hey it happens. My point here I think is to lend a helping hand, as best as I can in my little way to all of God's creations. So if I never accomplish anything at least I accomplished caring about others... as modest and small as that might be.
AHO!

AA

Good meeting!

Went to an AA speaker meeting today. I really liked what I heard. The man speaking was a prominent lawyer who owns a law firm. He is also a sex addict and rage addict.

While alcohol is a disease it is also a symptom of some larger issue during childhood, (for most of us abuse and or incest) and while he never stated his childhood issue he did address the subject. Self esteem issues come into play a lot with us. Our parents did the best they could with what they had.... no matter how poorly we might have been raised. That having been said, they may not have had the tools, but we were still left with the consequences. That, he said is separate. While we can not blame our parents we still have to deal with the consequences. We have to deal with the pain... without drinking/drugging.... without self-medicating, because otherwise our sobriety is just a flash-in-the-pan and will not last long.

TRUTH... we drink because we are drunks. No one else can be blamed for our drinking but us. We all reach an age of accountability wherein our discernment tells us right from wrong. If I shot you out of pain... would you still be just as dead? Yes and you can't be put on trial for being dead now can you?

In other words, pain is NO excuse to injure those around us EVER. As I said self-esteem issues come into play for a LOT of us. However drinking, drugging and injuring those we claim to love has never really increased anyone's self-esteem. Therefore if you are an injurious person, expect those around you to see it as an excuse to drink and drug.

So how is the best way to increase one's self-esteem? By doing esteem-able acts. In other words if you are using “Mommy didn't hug me enough as an excuse to destroy those around you.... how does my sponsor put it to me when I am being an ass-hat? Oh yes... Come down off the cross and use the wood to build a bridge to get over it.

If we want people to respect us, if we want to respect ourselves then there is only one solution left and that is to behave in a respectable manner.

That's my side of it,

Angel

PS. Don't know what's going on with my book. Will let you know when I have it sorted. Xxxooo
Sorry it should say on the bottom www.streetlighthalo.com

I have left Solstice Publishing. Will let you know what my intentions are with the book when I figure it out.
Ever just have a bad feeling in the pit of your gut? That's how I felt so I walked. Don't be mad. We'll get there together.
That's my side of it,
Angel

Taking a bit of time off to paint. Hopefully with some luck I will have a nice pic to post when I return.
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I am asking a HUGE favor. Go on my website (link above) and let me know if I need anything else there?
That's my side of it,
Angel

My comercial

As the scene is set a really bad commercial plays in your brain!

You desperately smash your fingers on the remote buttons but.... no luck! The commercial is for.......

(drum roll please)

The MOST interesting author in the world!

See Angel Dunworth dressed like Indiana Jones and wrestling a ferocious bottle of ketchup... until her whip breaks.

Voice over “the voices in her head speak other languages.”

See Angel Dunworth butt-dialing the White House to order pizza.

Voice over 'she has telepathic telemarketers calling”

See Angel Dunworth unsuccessfully juggling rabid weasels.

Voice over “Her dog is a sheep in wolves' clothing”

See Angel Dunworth shopping for groceries in the auto parts store.

Voice over, “All her thoughts are subtitled in Russian... she is THE MOST INTERESTING AUTHOR IN THE WORLD!”

Pan in on authors face splattered with motor oil

Angel Dunworth says, “I don't lambada often.... but when I do I stash goldfish crackers in my armpits. Stay crazy my friends!”

Fade out

DISCLAIMER: No actual goldfish crackers were harmed during the writing of this blog. 

That's my side of it,

Angel  

  My new publishing house Solstice has asked me to write these down for you so:

5 fun things you didn't know about the author

1. I like dogs... I love big slobbering hounds!

2. I have learned to make a diabetic Zuppa Engleis that would knock your socks off! I'm pretty skilled at diabetic cooking now.

3. My daughter does the counter clockwise circle dance like a Heyoka (She can only do it backwards) SO if you ever need to lift my spirits just tell my daughter to do a sacred dance! Lol

4. I usually call people by their screen names instead of their real names. I even do it to my husband!

5. I love trees! You might be a water baby or an earth baby. I'm a tree baby!

So hey there's all my deep, dark secrets. Excellent news on the book. It could be out in just a couple of months! OH I'M SO EXCITED! A book launch takes a lot of work.... writing a book can take years, but that is just a tiny smidgen of the work involved. The real work begins after they sign you! Edits, rewrites, website, blog, social media, promotion, bookings, tours (if you're doing those) demographics, then sales. I am exhausted just thinking about it. It does however put me in a great mood to think I accomplished something. Who'da thunk it!?

I am really hoping that no one expects me to try to be someone I'm not. I suck as an actress and in truth enjoy being myself. Any way I think a real mark of success is to be who you genuinely are. I really disapprove of people who pretend that because they have accomplished something that they are better then the rest of the world and must start social climbing to prove the point. I really am unsure of who that kind of behavior is supposed to impress any way. Because if you achieve something and then you take the time to ask your friends what they have achieved.... guess what? They achieved something too! I try always to remember that the same God that made me made everyone else too. And TRUTH some of the greatest accomplishments are the ones that have been achieved by people we have never heard of. In example ever heard the saying, “Greatest invention since the fork?” Ok so who invented the fork? I doubt anyone really knows that. Yet still today everyone uses them. Don't they? Just sayin'.

All of the stories are updated as far as I see on the website. The only work not added yet is the competition piece. That is rather long and may put me over word count so we'll just see what Carly decides. The links are up too, so let anyone you know, know that these are available because you never really know who might need the help.

You know when I first started blogging I was so confused and scared about it that the very idea made me nauseous. I have changed my mind on that! I love this.... it's like talking to an old friend. I am sorry though old friend, I hear work calling!

That's my side of it,

Angel