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Post by lildee on Nov 3, 2004 23:32:15 GMT -5
I’d like to hear what serenity means to u?
I recently went to a meeting on this topic and loved hearing the various viewpoints. The one thread that sort of ran through them all was “being at acceptance and surrendering control”
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Post by lildee on Nov 3, 2004 23:32:55 GMT -5
Serenity for me is peace of the mind, body and soul. A quiet calmness, even when the storms are brewing aroound me. It is a time when I am most open to make contact with God and listen to His messages. Serenity can be promoted by simple acts. Seeing a flower in bloom , hearing a bird calling its mate. Being grateful for the big and small things that have happened in my life. And learning to accept or Let go of all the rest. Serenity for me is knowing I don't have to fix the whole world or try to be a super-human. Serenity is peace.
Love and God Bless
lildee
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Post by caressa on Nov 4, 2004 1:19:29 GMT -5
My sponsor said, "Sobriety is soundness of mind." When I have that soundness of mind, I find Serenity. How I get there is another story.
Serenity for me is being at peace with myself. It is me being right with God and I acquaint it with not what is going on around me, but within me and how I handle life on life's terms.
The acceptance of myself and where I am at on my journey, knowing that all things are subject to change, and that although I may not like them, when I find the acceptance; I find the serenity is there. In order to accept the situation, I find I always have to surrender it to God and often find myself asking for the willingness to have the willingness to accept, to surrender, to take the steps to change.
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Post by Lin on Nov 4, 2004 5:07:14 GMT -5
Serenity is being at peace with myself and with my surroundings. It is not having to get sucked up into the chaos that may be happening around me. It is makeing healthier choices that keep me focused on only those things i am actually in control of. Serenity is a calmness that came to me after I started workign the steps, changing what I could and reading, attending meetings and sharing.
before recovery i thoguth SERENITy was just the name of a painting. it was something MY LUIFe could never have. it was far out of my reach. I soon learned differently when I got immersed into my own recovery.
LIN
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Post by Tiger on Nov 4, 2004 14:55:51 GMT -5
Hi lildee, Keeping It Simple  For me, Serenity means "I don't have to like it but I have to accept it for today" realizing that "Divine Providence" tells me ultimately "Good" will come out of my present situation in God's time! Tiger |
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Post by dg on Nov 5, 2004 12:23:12 GMT -5
Serenity to me is Letting go and Letting God, with that in mind I feel a tremendous sense of peace in my inner soul. If things gets so wound up and I am unable to shake myself of the self doubts, ect... I just let it go and let God handle it and everything just seems to fall into place and that is serenity to me. |
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Post by caressa on Nov 6, 2004 21:26:59 GMT -5
Serenity is not having a keyboard that doesn't type. Serenity is accepting you don't have a keyboard, and doing what you need to do without it. I found the Character Map in Systems tools and was able to sign in and out of my sites, even though I couldn't write a post, I could copy and paste.
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~With Peace & Love, dg~ 8*)[/b][/size]
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.