FRIDAY COMMENTARY – PLAYING WITH FIRE
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THURSDAY WAS AN INTERESTING DAY, TO SAY THE LEAST.
IF YOU NOTICED, I FORGOT WHAT DAY IT WAS BUT WHILE ON A PHONE CALL WITH A FRIEND IN FLORIDA, THEY POINTED OUT IT WAS, INDEED, JANUARY 27.
FOR ME, THAT MARKED SEVEN YEARS OF SOBRIETY.
SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE, FOR SURE.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT I WAS SCHEDULED ON THURSDAY TO MEET UP WITH FLAMES GREAT THEOREN FLEURY – THE PRIDE OF OXBOW, SASK – AT HIS CALGARY MANSION TO GET A JERSEY SIGNED FOR THE APRIL 9TH SPORTS CELEBRITY DINNER & AUCTION IN ASSINIBOIA.
IF YOU’VE NOTICED, THEO’S BEEN A BUSY GUY THIS WEEK BUT HE CARVED OUT AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON FOR US TO SPEND TOGETHER.
WE SAT AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE AND SPUN YARNS ABOUT OUR TIME WITH THE FLAMES AND ROUGHRIDERS, AND WHAT ARE ROADS ARE LIKE NOW.
WE’RE BOTH CERTIFIED RECOVERY COACHES, HAVING RECEIVED OUR TRAINING FROM THE SAME ACADEMY IN CONNECTICUT.
HAVING BOTH BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER IN SEPARATE WAYS IN OUR LIVES, WE’VE GOT A KINSHIP AND BROTHERHOOD THAT’LL LAST TO THE END OF OUR DAYS. AND IT STARTS WITH BOTH BEING PROUD SONS OF SASKATCHEWAN.
I’M VACCINATED, AND HE IS NOT. AND HE WON’T BE. BUT WE’RE BOTH OPENMINDED ENOUGH TO HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, AND PART ON THE BEST OF TERMS AND CONTINUE OUR JOURNEYS.
WHEN YOU FIND SOMEONE WHO “GETS YOU”, YOU CAN SPEND HOURS AND HOURS LOST IN CONVERSATION. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY, AND I COULDN’T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE A SOBER MILESTONE.
FEW SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE ROADS WE’RE ON, BUT WE’VE CONCLUDED THAT THERE’S A REASON WE CAME OUT SMILING ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND HAVE COMMITTED OUR LIVES TO HELPING OTHERS SINCE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE HELPED US.
SOMETIMES YOU GET LOST ON A ROAD, AND FIND A BETTER ONE.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY
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Congratulations. Some get it on day one. Others it will take time until the fog clears. “Rarely have we seen….”
Have a good 24 everybody. Stick with the winners. Help is there when it is time. I get so emotional when I think of that hell that is addiction and all that comes with it. There is a reason why the program gets referred as the last house on the block. It is either that or the graveyard.
Life is beautiful.
Peace.
It’s nice to see that people can still get along no matter their vaxx status. I wish society would act the same
I just want to make a point of clarification. I have called anti-vax ppl slime and 90% of them are. The other 10% simply have a point of view to which I can agree to disagree. In that case they can pick where we go for lunch. Theo Fleury for anything I disagree with makes up for it based on the totality of the man’s life. This man provided me chilrldhood entertainment as a player. He is a very good hearted man. What he has endured and overcame it would have broken lesser men in half. There is an old… Read more »