I made that one up. As I was driving to the prison the other day I was listening to a podcast (Annie F. Downs interviewing Ben Rector, if you must know) and I misheard them say something that sounded like “doomlessly”. I just loved the idea of that being a thing. It can be very easy to live in and with Doom. If not in and with, a lot of folks live doom adjacent. We doom scroll on social media. We have doomsday predictions coming from all over the place. The Lord of the Rings had Mt Doom as a prominent location. Doom is everywhere.

I want to live doomlessly. I want to push those negative leanings and behaviors over the cliff. Send them to their doom, so to speak. So how do I do that? Well, it seems to be a mental exercise. My attitude shapes my thoughts. If I apply my Prayer for Serenity to the things in my life, I will find myself a lot less “doomy”. It is definitely possible to live doomlessly. And I am sure that when I do, it will be much easier for me to…

–Rise Up!!