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Post by caressa on Jun 1, 2011 1:18:17 GMT -5
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If you meet more than three not a very nice persons in one day, you need a meeting. If you meet more than four, you need a meeting and to call your sponsor. Any more than that and you better be reviewing Steps One, Two and Three real hard.
When too many not a very nice persons get in my way, it means I need a check-up from the neck up.
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Post by caressa on Jun 2, 2011 2:40:55 GMT -5
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What comes after ninety days? Ninety-one! 'Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.' ~Will Rogers
There are only two times I have to diligently work this program, the first 90 days and every day after that!
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Post by caressa on Jun 3, 2011 4:54:05 GMT -5
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Rather than getting even with those that hurt you, the challenge is to get even with those that help you.
I can't be resentful and grateful at the same time.
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Post by caressa on Jun 4, 2011 3:04:52 GMT -5
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Humility is not so much thinking less of yourself as it is thinking of yourself less.
True humility is accepting myself without embellishment and without embarrassment.
Like this one!
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Post by caressa on Jun 5, 2011 1:12:08 GMT -5
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Don't get 'seeking serenity' con-fused with 'seeking utopia.' The Twelve-Step programs do not open the gates of heaven to let us in, they open the gates of hell to let us out.
I feel lighter and better about myself when I don't expect a perfect world simply because I am clean and sober.
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Post by caressa on Jun 6, 2011 3:25:10 GMT -5
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You must be prepared to make some unpopular decisions when you live by principle. You will not be able to please everyone. Be firm with others as you chose the principle and not the personality; be firm with your personality as it butts heads with your principles.
By practicing principles in all my affairs, I learn not to 'people please� but to 'Higher Power Please.'
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Post by caressa on Jun 7, 2011 2:25:57 GMT -5
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We need special people in our lives so that we can travel the path of recovery. The special people are easy to find, they are right in front of you. They are called 'winners.'
I stick with the winners and win with the stickers.
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Post by caressa on Jun 8, 2011 1:48:09 GMT -5
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Progress, not perfection� No matter how long you have been in recovery, no matter how long you have worked the steps, you will never raise above the level of human being.
I claim spiritual progress today, not spiritual perfection.
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Post by caressa on Jun 9, 2011 0:09:57 GMT -5
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People in our fellowships who think they are too big to do little things are perhaps too little to be asked to do big things.
I remember where I came from.
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Post by caressa on Jun 10, 2011 20:45:24 GMT -5
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Many problems will be averted with a very simple code for behavior. This is called 'kindness.' Kindness is more then politeness; it means a warm concern for the other person's feelings.
I let my kindness be a gift to another and the tag reads, 'Please handle with tender loving care."
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Post by caressa on Jun 11, 2011 19:01:21 GMT -5
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'Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth� applies to the old-timer as well as the beginner�anyone who is too fond of their own voice.
I listen to learn and learn to listen.
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Post by caressa on Jun 12, 2011 7:54:30 GMT -5
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If there is someone weaker than you, be kind to them. If there is someone stronger than you, be kind to yourself.
What kind of person am I? The kind, kind.
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Post by caressa on Jun 14, 2011 1:03:47 GMT -5
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You don't have to eat, breathe, and bathe in our fellowship, but you do need to eat, breathe, and bathe in program. This is because you must practice these principles in all your affairs. The only way to do it in all your affairs is to DO IT in all your affairs.
If I'm working my program, I needn't worry about others working theirs.
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Post by caressa on Jun 14, 2011 1:09:37 GMT -5
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This too shall pass. Sometimes it passes like a gentle breeze and sometimes it passes kinda like a kidney stone. Whichever, we can promise that whatever vexes you now, shall pass.
I give time, time because I know that when God made time, He/She made plenty of it.
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Post by caressa on Jun 15, 2011 0:22:12 GMT -5
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In the ups and downs of life, remember that the most productive ups and downs are getting up for a meeting and down to the steps.
When I'm down, I take a Step and then the Step takes me.
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Post by caressa on Jun 16, 2011 0:17:48 GMT -5
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There are many times when crying is the appropriate thing to do. Tears let us know that you need to be supported and consoled. Do not be afraid to cry. Do not be afraid to support others when they cry.
Tears are liquid prayers.
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Post by caressa on Jun 17, 2011 5:26:58 GMT -5
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There will always be people who did worse than you and always people who do better. You can use comparison to prove anything you want: that you lack thus and such or that you are better than so and so. We learn not to compare our selves and our stories, but to identify.
I identify, I don't compare.
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Post by caressa on Jun 18, 2011 2:26:47 GMT -5
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Take heart. There is no situation too difficult to be bettered and no unhappiness too great to be lessened. This is because the spiritual tools you require reside within�within that heart you 'take.'
What lies in front of me and what lies behind me is insignificant compared to what lies within me.
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Post by caressa on Jun 19, 2011 1:11:24 GMT -5
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Ramana Marhrshi talks about life's journey and likens it to a train trip. He says that you can carry your baggage on your head or set it on the floor beside you. Either way, both you and your baggage arrive at your destination. This is because the train carries your baggage, not you. If you prefer to carry your burdens on your head, it doesn't change the destination, it simply gives you a head ache.
I chose to let my Higher Power carry my baggage and my burdens.
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Post by caressa on Jun 20, 2011 2:49:07 GMT -5
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Trying to pray is praying, even when we aren't sure exactly what God wants from us. Trying means we have the desire to communicate with the Divine Source. Even if no words come, just hitting your knees means a prayer has occurred.
My healing begins in kneeling.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.