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Post by majestyjo on Mar 14, 2015 12:44:44 GMT -5
All we are asked to do is try. The failure is in the not trying.
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 22, 2015 22:24:01 GMT -5
Fear and Faith, they can not occupy the same space. We think we have faith and yet there is often that twinge of fear that creeps up on us. It is often masked by another emotion. Often our fears turn out to be unfounded. If my God leads me to it, He will see me through it. Often how we perceive things, isn`t in fact reality. I may be our reality in the moment, but that doesn`t necessarily make it real. Classic Chinese Dragon
The Dragon has always served me well as a symbol of self-confidence and courage. Dragons can make the heart beat stronger instill fire within, and may enable you to stand taller both physically and spiritually speaking.
What I bring from my past is my old tapes, my old behaviors and beliefs, and that is what I need to change in today. If I want a peaceful and serene life, then if I work on my recovery today, it will make for a better tomorrow. If I keep looking over my shoulder at my past, then I miss out on today. It can also cause me to trip up in today because I am not watchful of the direction I am taking. The decision I make in today are based on yesterday's experiences instead of the good orderly direction from my Higher Power, if I am not focused and spiritual connected in the moment. There is no right way or wrong way, all we are asked to do is try. It is a program of practice, and for me application. I can only do what I can do in today. I can't go into those coulda, shoulda, if onlys, not that I don't, but I try to bring myself back when I am aware that is where I am at. Really, all we do have is the moment. When you think of it, even an hour ago is old news. The day can start in the moment, just for today, I choose not to use. I need to let go of the fear to make room for the faith. All I can do is try to be the best me I can be in today. When I stay clean and sober, I have the option. How I handle each situation is between me and God if I let Him in and ask for His Care and Direction.
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 11, 2015 12:45:55 GMT -5
FREE TO BE YOU
Watch your attitudes, know that you are responsible for yourself and not others. Realize that all judgment of, criticism of, condemnation, and anger towards other people is to be released to their own good. Bless all people as they travel the highway of life and always remember that you are free to be you. And therefore, everybody else is free to be themselves.
Begin to enjoy everyone around you. Keep in mind that love, intelligence and courage is always present enabling us to always be who we are. We can rise up and accomplish all that we desire and maintain the joy, happiness and fulfillment we seek - all we need do is practice our spiritual exercises, study and act as we believe with deep faith.
II TIMOTHY 1: 7 reads, "For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but the power and love and sound mind."
Antestian Newsletter - Road to Enlightenment
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Post by Lin on Apr 18, 2015 11:27:44 GMT -5
F is for FOOTWORK. We need to rely on our HP to make our lives turn out like HE wishes...but we don't just sit back and do nothing. We have to do the FOOTWORK. For me that means attend the meetings, read the literature, work with others, And use the ste4ps and slogans inevery area of our lives.
LIN
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Post by Lin on Apr 18, 2015 11:30:19 GMT -5
F is for FORGIVENESS. This one was a tough one for me. I had to forgive myself for many things. And I also had to forgive others so I could be happy. One person I had to forgive was a close family member. This one I followed a suggestion of pray for him for 28 days. At first it was through gritted teeth that I could pray for him. But before the 29 days was up I was praying for my HP to give him whatever he needed. It made it much easier to be around him at family gatherings when I was able to forgive.
LIN
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 25, 2015 21:45:10 GMT -5
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Don't be afraid that your life will end, Be afraid that it will never begin. ~anonymous~
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 5, 2016 19:27:27 GMT -5
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 5, 2016 19:28:55 GMT -5
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 5, 2016 19:32:58 GMT -5
Forgiveness
In the long run, it's not a question of whether they deserve to be forgiven. You're not forgiving them for their sake, you're doing it for yourself. For your own health and well-being, forgiveness is simply the most energy-efficient option. It frees you from the incredibly toxic, debilitating drain of hold a grudge. Don't let these people live rent free in your head. 99.9% of the time, the only person a grudge affects is the person holding on to it. If they hurt you before, why let them keep doing it year after year in your mind. It's not worth it but it takes heart effort to stop it. You can muster that heart power to forgive them as a way of looking out for yourself. It's one thing you can be totally selfish about.
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 27, 2017 3:09:39 GMT -5
F is for Freedom. Freedom from the disease of addiction and alcoholism, one day at a time. I needed a spiritual defense against that first drug, what ever form it took. Alcohol is a drug. Food is a drug. Work can be a drug too. Due to my disease, I lost myself. I was very fragmented when I came into recovery. Through working the Steps, I became whole and I was able to obtain the freedom to be myself.
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 30, 2017 21:26:50 GMT -5
F is for Forget. The Promises say, "We will not regret the past for wish to shut the door on it." That doesn't mean we forget, it just means we let it go and don't let it rule our today. We can go back and look at our past and learn from it, so we don't make the same mistakes in today. We can't forget where we came from. I know I don't want to go back there, but there are times I have to go back if it makes itself known in today. So many things in today are rooted in my past and I have to allow myself to heal and while it is good to detach, sometimes we have to look at all that is associated with the pain. Anger and fear are big ones.
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Post by majestyjo on Jul 23, 2017 16:03:39 GMT -5
F is for Forgiveness. We need to forgive ourselves. I never even thought of it until a counselor asked me at 6 years sober, "Why haven't you forgiven yourself?" I had never thought to ask. We are worthy of forgiveness. Our God is loving and willing to Forgive us any transgression we may have done inn our past, real or imagined. He is loving and caring and doesn't measure us by the # of 'sins' we have piled up. I took at it as being needy and looking outside of myself for things to make me feel better, not knowing and remembering that all I had to do was go to the God of my understanding. If you get to a stage in your life, you have a misunderstanding of God or you don't understand Him at all, it is okay. Surrender your day over to Him and you will see how He works in your life. There are times we have to readjust our thoughts, and like me, go on a spiritual quest and building a working relationship with your God to see who He is to you. Make Him personal, not a supreme being who has a blanket denominator for all. It says we are to become as little children, then we are ready to learn.
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 27, 2017 15:13:29 GMT -5
This is a big one for me. I have trouble finishing things I start. I often get others on the band wagon and then I lose interest and want to move on to other things.
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 28, 2017 18:09:06 GMT -5
Not written by me. I am grateful that I haven't forgotten where I came from. I remember my roots and where my dis-ease took me.
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 15, 2017 6:09:15 GMT -5
Sometimes I put the wrong label on a feeling. That is why it is good to have a sponsor so you can talk things over to make sure you are coming from the right place.
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 11, 2017 14:17:12 GMT -5
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 11, 2017 15:40:48 GMT -5
No one can make me do anything, unless I give up my power. When I surrender, I am empowered to do what I can't do alone. It is only through my God that I can.
When I see words like this, it reminds me of the song, The Little Engline that Could. He starts out thinking he can, and ends up knowing he can. I need to change my thinking. It is about me and my attitude.
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 24, 2018 8:06:46 GMT -5
F is for Flee. One of the acronyms for Flee everything and recover or Face everything and recover. Flee from negative people and situations. Face your fears and take a ristk and work through them one step at a time. One of the things I have to flee from are sweets. I get a small square for dessert with my meal. Yesterday was like an apple crisp, the day before was butter tart square. There have been brownies and cake. I make chocolate chip cookies mainly for my son. I have been thinking of butterscotch oatmeal cookies, but have resisted baking them, so far it has been thought, which I haven't followed up with action.
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 27, 2018 19:27:10 GMT -5
~ BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT ~ (Inspiration and Support for Recovery) ~ It is the act of forgiveness that opens up the only possible way to think creatively about the future at all. ~ Father Desmond Wilson ~ Today is full of endless possibilities and dreams. In many cases, we are limited only by our fear and lack of hope, in ourselves and others. Each new day we are given a clean page to live in our book of life. What freedom we find when we choose to practice the art of forgiveness. Forgiving ourselves and others will allow us to step into this new day as free human beings. What can really hurt us in the present if we have the key to daily forgiveness? What could our friend, boss, or enemy possibly say that would be worth the emotional price of ongoing resentment? Freedom is a gift we give ourselves every time we choose not to react to a hurtful comment. Holding on to old resentments keeps our creative energy trapped and stifled. Our choices are these: new freedom or old resentment. We choose new freedom. It is the gift we give ourselves when we choose not to let the sun rise on yesterday’s script. Today let me forgive everyone and anything — past and present — that might distract me from, my spiritual growth
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 28, 2018 12:34:22 GMT -5
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