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Post by Lin on Jan 8, 2005 4:44:22 GMT -5
No chip this morning Misty? You USUALLY post one on John's computer on Friday night. HMmm. Hope you are doing ok in that snowstorm! I pulled one to share on this morning. I hope you don't mind.
Willing or Stubborn...This is soemtimes called a win/win chip when we are willing to do wht it takes to make our lives and ourselves better. But we are also stubbron to not to give up on ourselves, stubbron enough to keep our sobriety and our serenity.
But thinking of it this morning I remember my dad's phrase of STUBBORN AS AN OLD MULE. I am not sure I want to be a MULE. (muleheaded...etc) So instead of stubborn to hold onto my serenity, stubborn enough to do waht it takes to get better,...etc. I'd rather see that said as DETERMINED enough...COMMITED enough..GOAL ORIENTED enough and WILLING enough to do what it takes.
So for today, instead of STUBBORn, I choose to be WILLING. One of the hugest changes in my life is being WILLING to ALLOW my HP to guide my day.
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Post by caressa on Jan 8, 2005 18:00:21 GMT -5
In the past I had a lot of willfulness, in today, I have the willingness to stay clean and sober, but more importantly, willing to change and to become the person God would have me be. I stubbornly refuse to go back to where I came from. That is not an option, and I am willing to go to any length, not to go back to that old way of acting and thinking.
Thanks for sharing Lin.
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Post by dg on Jan 9, 2005 0:38:52 GMT -5
Wow, nice chip you pulled today Lin.
I am at a situation with my son, where we are at a disagreement, and he is being stubborn to say he is sorry to me for calling me some choice words. I am willing to go as far to work things out with him, but first he needs to understand that it goes both ways in working out an issue.
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Post by Lin on Jan 9, 2005 5:01:35 GMT -5
still no misty??? hmm.
caressa...i like the reminder that we need to be willing to change...so we can become the person God woudl ahve us to be. Thanks for stoppy by.
And DG...I sure can relate to wanting things to go both ways. In my situation I waitied for an apology from a person and they died without ever apologizing to me. She had told some very hurtful lies and she admitted she lied later, but made excuses to why she lied instead of saying I AM SORRY I HURT YOU. That was all i wanted to hear. 3 years later she died suddenly and I never got that apology. I had to learn to accept the fact that i know it's good to apologize, and I will apologize when i know I have hurt somebody, but I will make myself sick if I keep waiting for others to apologize if they are too stubborn to do it. I do know how you fel....somebody i loved hurt me badly. I cried for days. But i learned to forgive and forget. I learned to tolerate being around her jsut because she was family.But i dropped the need to hear those words. I jsut made sure she did nto get an opportunity again to hurt me.
Thanks so much for stopping by DG. ((((((dg)))))))
LIN
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Post by Misty on Jan 9, 2005 14:54:24 GMT -5
Dear Sweet Wonderful Lin----I was at John's and his computer blew up!
Not really blew up but just went blank---black & froze!!! His car was in the shop so I ran him over to the place he bought it from so they could do some "warranty work"
We got it back and he worked on it and couldn't get it going. I had no way to post without driving 50 miles one way to where I live. I just got home on Sunday and wanted to apoligize and let ya know that I was willing buy the computer wasn't
Any way I thank you sooooo very very much for stepping up to the plate and doing the chip of the day
today!!! LOVE & GRATEFULL HUGS----
Mistyeve
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Post by Lin on Jan 9, 2005 15:05:39 GMT -5
YW misty. I was worried it was the snow and ice storm...and maybe the phone lines were out. Glad you are OK. I hope John gets his computer fixed. If ti's still under warranty, they will ahve to get it up and running for him.
You forgot to share on my two chips! LOL
LIN
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Post by jimmy62 on Jan 11, 2005 14:33:19 GMT -5
Dear Misty Eve!! So sorry you got caught in that storm don't cha just love winter lol!! Stuborn should be my middle name that is something that may take a long time for me to change but I can only do it one day at a time like the program says. One thing I don't ever want to be stuborn about is working the program ...it safed my life God knows where I would be if it wasn't for him and YOU wonderful people at the tables and the dear friends that I have met in AA over the past 6 years. LOve&HUgs Jimmy6  |
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Post by Misty on Jan 11, 2005 21:23:11 GMT -5
Dear Jimmy----So glad you found our
new home. The other column was just too hard for a lot of people to get into. Glad you were abe to get into this column and please keep coming back! Love & Hugs----Mistyeve
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~With Peace & Love, dg~ 8*)[/b][/size]
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.