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Post by bunnypie on Sept 16, 2016 7:38:23 GMT -5
My current sponsor and I laugh over the slogan "when God closes one door he always opens another but it can be hell in the hallway" We have both been in the hall way waiting for the other door to open!!!----Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 16, 2016 19:47:59 GMT -5
Sometimes it is a window or a trap door. You never know when opportunity will knock and where it will come from.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 17, 2016 2:29:53 GMT -5
Just for today, I am asking for some Good Orderly Direction, to sort some papers and things that are stored. Much of it hasn't been used in the last year, yet I have a fear that the time I throw something away, I might need it. It isn't much, because I have got rid of a lot of things, especially clothes. The stuff I am referring to falls under the heading, "Junk Drawer." The only problem, there is more than one.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 17, 2016 3:05:36 GMT -5
Hi Jo---I understand completely about "junk drawers" We have one in the kitchen and I have one in my room. When it gets to the point that you can't close the drawer any more that is when I start to throw stuff away!!! I threw away a lot of crap including a bottle of super glue that was at least a 100 years old. The next week my room mate was looking for it and I had to admit I threw it away. I had to go to Walmart and buy new bottle. It made me mad cause it had been in that drawer for years and never was used more then once!!!! Stuff happens & usually to me!!!---Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 18, 2016 10:16:39 GMT -5
Just for today, I will let go and let God. I lay in bed hurting this morning, the pain in my ankles woke me up. It hurt to move. I said a prayer turning my day over to my God, and the pain eased and I was able to get out of bed. The pain is there but not like it was and certainly bearable. I will let the day unfold as it should and try not to get in my God's Way and His Plan for my life.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 19, 2016 1:11:12 GMT -5
Hi Jo---Pain is a great motivator for me. It makes me take action or pray and turn it over. Pain is a lousy 4 letter word!!!-----Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 19, 2016 19:48:01 GMT -5
Just for today, I will reach out to my God and ask for help. The last two days have been ones of pain and I need to accept and process it as to whether it is in reality mental, emotional, and/or physical. Today was a day of rest. I feel guilty when that happens, even though I got some dishes done, went down to the mall and got money on my laundry cards and picked up my Blister Pack with my weekly medications. I don't like it when I can't concentrate enough to read. As a result, I watched TV when my pain wouldn't let me sleep.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 19, 2016 20:10:40 GMT -5
Hey Jo---it sounds like you got a few things accomplished. Groucho Marx once said "50% of something is better then 100% of nothing" LOL he knew how to do the math!!!-------Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 20, 2016 4:07:18 GMT -5
Just for today, I will remember that I am not in charge. I will remember that today is one of change. Just because I have done things for 74 years or 25 years, doesn't mean that what worked in the past, serves me in today. If I have done things that long without change, there is a good chance that I have become complacent, and it is time to look at where I am at and what do I need to change in my life to see what is no longer working.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 20, 2016 5:30:21 GMT -5
The Serenity Prayer says "courage to change the things I can" I does take courage to change.....Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 20, 2016 13:36:29 GMT -5
Just for today, I will get out of the "I" and get with the "We." Getting out of self is so important. I must remember it isn't all about me. There are others who have issues much worse than mine. I will try not to resent that my son gave me his cold. When he is sick, he is like a bear. He didn't go to work today. This is my second morning, the other one was my goodnight.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 20, 2016 21:34:23 GMT -5
Hey Jo----This is an opportunity for you and your son to do recovery together! You can eat chicken soup and do orange juice together. What is that old saying "misery likes company" ?-----Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 21, 2016 17:39:22 GMT -5
LOL! Try not to go there, especially to the dark place he is in. When my friend came today I told her she didn't have to come in, we could go out, but she said she would brave coming in. I told her that there were probably germs galore. We sat in the hall, me on my walker and her on her scooter.
I didn't have chicken soup and we both drank grape juice, his purple, mine white. Grapes are good for internal organs like kidneys, liver, and digestive track.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 21, 2016 17:53:07 GMT -5
Just for today, I will accept my limitations. Today I took a taxi to and from my chiropractor's appointment. I had planned to go to the library on my way home and realized that I would be stressing my body too much to go to the mall. The mall is about two blocks wide and the library is at the back of the mall near the market, which isn't open on Wednesdays. The two books are not overdue yet, but getting close. Haven't even checked to see if I had books to pick up. I will hopefully have more energy tomorrow on my way home from my group and before I go to the Hollisstic Center. I am so looking forward to going as my hip is out and I am hoping to get a treatment on my legs that will help me to release the fluid from the Edema. I was asked today about support stockings. I bought them, but don't have enough strength in my hands to pull them on. I have to find an alternative solution, and the Hollistic Center is it.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 21, 2016 21:32:59 GMT -5
I was not aware that grapes are good for internal organs! Thanks for that tip! Something that helps my legs when they hurt is to lay in bed and move them across the sheets. I think it gets the circulation going??? Good Luck with the Hollisstic Center. They look at the whole picture instead of just part of it. Maybe they can figure out some ideas? ?-----Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 22, 2016 22:00:56 GMT -5
Just for today, I will stay in the moment. I will turn my day over to my Higher Power and await His Guidance. I will go with the flow and takes things as they come. As they say, "I can make plans, but not plan the outcome." Have found many times that my God and I are not always on the same page. It is hard to believe I wrote this, then went to Angelwinks site and got the following picture.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 23, 2016 0:16:29 GMT -5
Wow Jo!!!---that is a real coincidence aka God being anonymous. A similar thing happen to me when F150 came to this site (back in the day) He told me about a country gender song that had the line "with humble heart & bended knee" I sent him a msg. saying it was great line and then saw that he had posted it on the shout box aka juke box!!! It was a real coincidence aka God being anonymous!!! I think that is a great line to get on your knees with a humble heart.----Blown Away By Coincidence Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 23, 2016 15:21:05 GMT -5
The only way to go, I can't, my God can.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 23, 2016 15:21:19 GMT -5
Just for today, I will put aside envy of those who have transportation to where they want to go when they want to get there. I made a step toward this when I renewed my Dart membership. I just have to be careful to not build up a resentment as their service is slow and I don't do waiting well. So grateful that this program is one day at a time.
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Post by bunnypie on Sept 24, 2016 2:05:03 GMT -5
Hi Jo----There is a different point of view too! You don't have to worry about insurance, the price of gas, looking for a parking spot, being terrified by crazy drivers trying to smash into you! There are a lot of good things about being a passenger! I'm just saying.....Bunnypie
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