To all of you struggling in your Quits, I say, "Peace be with you - breathe deeply and take a hot bath."
I've noticed much angst in the blogs over the past few days. I would think that's normal for a site full of nicotine addicts trying to overcome.
And speaking of overcome, my hometown is where a seamstress named Rosa and a young Baptist preacher named Martin helped people overcome something larger and more insidious than all of our addictions put together. You think Day 1 of a Quit is hard? Try Day 1 of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The Movement overcame discrimination with focus, patience, perseverance and faith, not to mention plain hard work. Its members reached out to others and found support in the most unlikely places. They held each other up during long, difficult days.
Sound familiar?
I think we in the Ex Movement shall overcome. I truly do. Not easily and not without struggle and not because somebody thinks we should, but because we are here in person, working on our own Cause with eyes facing forward.
May
