"V" TOPIC DISCUSSION

[majestyjo]

Journey To The Heart

October 15

Discover the Power of Vulnerability

A new kind of power will emerge from vulnerability. The more honest we are with ourselves about how we feel and what we really think, the more power we will have.

We may have once thought that being powerful meant not giving in to what we felt, what we thought, or who we really were. But that attitude didn’t garner power for us. It caused life, the universe, us to continue creating situations that would help open our hearts, help us to feel, help us learn the lesson of vulnerability.

The sooner we become honest with ourselves, the sooner we can be honest with others. The sooner we become honest with ourselves, the more quickly we’ll grow and move on to a new place. Become vulnerable, at least with yourself. Be honest about what you think and how you feel. Write it. Speak it. Feel it. Release it. Then you will know where to go, when to go. What you are to do next will emerge naturally, quietly, and clearly.

Try being absolutely honest. Reveal your most private feelings to yourself. It’s a new kind of power, a different kind of power. It is spiritual power, the power of opening the heart.

Allowing myself to become vulnerable was one of the hardest things I had to do in recovery.  I had been hurt so many times, real or imagined, that I didn't want to let anyone close to me.  This program is a powerful one.  It overcomes fears and allows you to walk in faith.

[majestyjo]

V is for Volunteer. Service is a big part of recovery. Volunteer for service positions at your group. Volunteer in your community. If you can't work on a regular job, volunteering helps you to get out of self and help others, in what ever capacity you can. We all have different gifts. Remember you are only half a hand shake.

[majestyjo]

V is for Visual. Visualize what you want to do with your life and where you would like to go. What we put out comes back to us, Sometimes we have to be careful of what we ask for, we just might get it. Visualize the goodness entering your body (God supplies our needs) and the not so good leave as we let go and let God.

[majestyjo]

V is for Voice. We all have a voice and we have a right to express ourselves. It isn't so much what we say, but how we say it. As the Mary Poppin song says, "A little bit of sugar helps make the medicine go down.

Other times, the song says, "Say nothing at all."

"When You Say Nothing At All"

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Old Mr. Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

[majestyjo]

V is for Victory. We have victory over our disease if we ask for help in the morning, give thanks at night, and stay in today. yesterday is gone, tomorrow hasn't got here yet, and that is why they call this the present.

When I live in today, I have victory over my disease when I work my program one day at a time.

[majestyjo]

V is for Value. i need to value myself and respect myself and others in recovery. We are here to stay clean and sober. nothing else matters, that is an outside issue. The program works on that too.

[caressa222]

Journey To The Heart

Be Vulnerable with Yourself

As we go through our days, we meet many people. We learn it’s safe to be vulnerable with some, not so safe or wise to be vulnerable with others. But there is one person it’s always safe to be vulnerable with. Yourself.

Share your deepest secrets with yourself. Whether you rise early in the morning and write your thoughts in a journal or take a few moments throughout the day to bring your deepest secrets to consciousness, you need to be clear, straight, and honest with yourself. Harboring secrets, ducking, dodging, and hiding from the truth will slow you down. It will block the pathway to your heart. It can even stop you cold if you get enough secrets tucked away.

Take time each day to recognize what you think, what you feel. You don’t have to act. The sheer acts of recognition, honesty, and acceptance are all that are necessary to keep you moving, growing, going forward.

Be as vulnerable as you safely can with those you meet along the way. But always be vulnerable with yourself.