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Post by Misty on Apr 11, 2005 20:14:03 GMT -5
My sponsor is coming over after work tonite and we are gonna do a rehearsal of the 12 steps rock & roll style for our Wed 8pm group.
Her sponsor has her anniversary in
April just like I do and my sponsor
does. I am baking 3 cakes and have
cards that I plan to pass around in the group for everyone to sign. I want to be generous and throw a party for the April anniversary people. I am also greedy cuz some of the party is in my honor too!
Are you generous or greedy? Please
let me know! Thanks----Mistyeve
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Post by Lin on Apr 12, 2005 3:26:56 GMT -5
You have to thorw your own party? YThat's not fair. Around here others do it for you. Do the others in your group throw their own parties? jsut curious.
greed and generosity? I am greedy with my serenity. I want to keep it so I do what I have to that won't allow others to steal it from me. Generosity? I am very generous with my time, talents and treasures. I volunteered to be the teacher at the interview table for our new principal. Taht means I miss a day of work and they get a sub, but it also means me having to detailed plan the day for a stranger to come in and do my job. I'd much rather do my own job, but I feel I have an investment in my school and want to help choose the best candidate. The sad thing is my spouse is having cataract surgery and i have to have the sub for 2 days in a row! I started my detailed plans yesterday and will tweak them today.
I'm much more ont eh gnerosity side of this chip.
LIN
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Post by Misty on Apr 12, 2005 8:11:00 GMT -5
Dear Lin----You live in a great neighborhood! I had to get a special vote (group conscience) to have the party to begin with. 17 of 20 people voted for it. I want to honor myself with 21 years sober
My Grandsponsor with 26 years sober
and my new sponsor with 15 years sober. That is a lot of sobriety &
I feel it deserves a celebration of
cake, cards, music, & medallions. I
am willing to provide everything except the medallions. Sorry to hear about your husband. Will this
operation improve his vision? If so then that is a good thing! I will say a prayer for him HOney!
Thanks for stopping by----Mistyeve
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Post by ChrisK on Apr 12, 2005 13:19:48 GMT -5
Tough 1 this is.
Never having had money, I've never had monetary things to help others with. The occasional dollar or two to the homeless.
We can and I try to help in other ways by giving my time
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Post by lildee on Apr 12, 2005 16:06:24 GMT -5
Afternoon Mistyeve, Make your own party?  ?? Around here others do it for you. To honor & congradulate you on your success. Not a big bash or anything like that. Ususally a big cake & coffee during the break. Greed/Generosity Well for me I think I am pretty generous with time , money and my energy. But today greed hit home. My daughter is in band and orchestra . She plays 4 different instruments. Music was/is going to be be her chosen profession. Well today at school they told her that the summer music program is being cancelled. This is nothing but greed and waste to cancel classes because some higher up needed a pay raise or the money they wasted on their pet projects. What really irks me is that they made this desicion so late that it is almost impossible to get her registered for another program. Registration for most other schools at her level take place in Jan. So because of beaucratic greed we are left in a quandry as what to do with her music over the summer. Love & God Bless Arlene |
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Post by caressa on Apr 12, 2005 16:56:57 GMT -5
Things have been generously put in my path and new doors have opened to some new opportunities in my life. I do confess to being greedy in grasping each new venue and direction that has come along the last few weeks.
When I get needy, I get greedy. When I am greedy, it is a sure sign that I haven't been practicing self-care and there is something missing in my life.
Time is a commodity and has great value today. For me, it has more worth than the almighty dollar.
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Post by Misty on Apr 12, 2005 17:17:50 GMT -5
Dear Chris----So good to hear from you! See? You are a great example of show up and participate. You are giving of your time and your ideas. I think those things are priceless and I thank you so much for stopping by!----Mistyeve
Dear Arlene---When I was in high school we called people (like the ones who are messing your daughter around) establishment pigs!!! Sorry to hear of your trouble. They
say when one door closes another one opens...Hope for the best and cope with the rest. Thanks for stopping by!-----Mistyeve
Dear Caressa----An interesting concept of "when ya get needy ya get greedy" Hmmmmmm that does make
sense cuz when I feel needy I am usually insecure too and that goes with being greedy in my opinion. Thanks for something for me to mentally chew on. Glad you could
stop by-----Mistyeve
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?? Around here others do it for you. To honor & congradulate you on your success. Not a big bash or anything like that. Ususally a big cake & coffee during the break.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.