<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Higher Purpose on Walking in Sober Boots</title><link>https://soberboots.org/tags/higher-purpose/</link><description>Recent content in Higher Purpose on Walking in Sober Boots</description><image><title>Walking in Sober Boots</title><url>https://soberboots.org/soberboots/assets/uploads/2023/07/img_1290.jpg</url><link>https://soberboots.org/soberboots/assets/uploads/2023/07/img_1290.jpg</link></image><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:45:09 -0400</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://soberboots.org/tags/higher-purpose/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Joy; Unbridled — Thoughts on My Higher Purpose During the Coronavirus Pandemic</title><link>https://soberboots.org/2020/10/18/joy-unbridled-thoughts-on-my-higher-purpose-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:45:09 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://soberboots.org/2020/10/18/joy-unbridled-thoughts-on-my-higher-purpose-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;As the pandemic reaches the seventh month here in the United States, and our death toll continues to climb — in part due to mismanagement and disinformation on the part of the highest levels of our federal government — we are assaulted by science denial and lies on a daily basis. We watch as the President intentionally sows distrust of the electoral process, spreads baseless conspiracy theories, and has calls for his cult like followers to actively participate in voter intimidation at the polls, as it becomes more and more likely that he will lose the election.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>It’s a Mystery</title><link>https://soberboots.org/2018/01/02/its-a-mystery/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:17:12 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://soberboots.org/2018/01/02/its-a-mystery/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 2 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh, this step! The savior for so many and the downfall of so many more. The capitalization of Power seems to imply a deity, yet we are told it needn’t be a specific deity or God, a thought that on the surface seems absurd to many of us.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>