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Tag: patience
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For a good part of my life, I saw things mostly in negative terms. Every- thing was serious, heavy, or just plain awful. Perhaps now I can truly change my attitude, searching out the winners in The Program who have learned how to live comfortably in the real world - without numbing their brains with mind-altering chemicals. If things get rough today, can I take a quiet moment and say to myself, as the philosopher Homer once said, "Bear patiently, my heart - f... Read More
Don't try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers everyday without forcing the buds. BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH Dying for Enlightenment It's lovely to have a new day again. I slept very well and am feeling peaceful and at one with myself, and the world, NOW. I am looking forward to going down to my NA meeting in a little while. I had a conversation with a very dear friend. We were talking about patience, acceptance... Read More
I am in a state of grace NOW. I am filled with gratitude to my Creator, to Alcoholics Anonymous, to my sponsor, to all my friends, and to myself for having brought me to this point in time. This morning, I went downtown to meet with my new employer. Actually, his two sons who live in den Hague, Holland are really my employers but Mr Sokolean senior is the person I met today. Several weeks ago, I sent an application for a 60% position as a manager for a D... Read More
As I sit and wait for a recovery friend to stop by this site to share how goes the recovery roller-coaster, how prayers are answered, how changes--even baby steps---are being taken, I think of this whole recovery journey as waiting for each other---waiting in love, in hope, in healing..........As I wait here I look up gifts that are received from waiting.....I find a book by Holly Whitcomb entitled: Seven Gifts of Waiting. Looking through the book the "seven gifts" are shared: 1) The... Read More
"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow." - Goethe I ask myself sometimes, as we all do: "Who am I?" "Where am I?" "Where am I going?" "What's it all About?" The learning and growing process is usually slow. But eventually our seeking always brings a finding. What seems like great mysteries often turn out to be enshrined in complete simplicity. Have I accepted the fact that my willingness to grow is the essence of my spiritua... Read More
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