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wonderful book by Bill W. and learn first-hand about the
twelve steps and how we, as heavily socializing beings can
bring about healing through sharing our spiritual love freely
throughout the community.

But what I really want to point out here is that honestly,
this sort of thing should be for everybody, not just folks
who have destructive dependencies. We should all read Bill
W.'s book. No politics or religious content to separate or
polarize us. Just the free, honest sharing of ourselves for the
community good. As pointed out earlier, we were designed
to socialize and doing it in this way can only help everyone
who participates so I hope we all find a way to do this. I am
always thinking about how to make this happen in our
culture and if I come up with anything, I'll write about it.

Finding Spiritual Leadership in an Unlikely Place

So community sharing is a great way to experience spiritual
growth, but are there spiritual leaders out there? Sure,
we've got the well-known religious figures and folks like
Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and the Dali Lama perhaps but are
there others that might not be so obvious, but important
nonetheless.

I live in San Diego county and was always a huge Tony
Gwynn fan, and not just for his baseball skills. When he
sadly passed away some years ago I first heard about it
while I was driving down the road, doing some errands,
listening to the local sports station on the radio. The radio
announcer emotionally delivered the sad news that morning,
which was at least somewhat expected as it was public
knowledge that Tony had cancer. But when I realized
exactly what he was saying I was immediately
overwhelmed with such deep and utter sadness that I had to

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