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Post by caressa on Oct 5, 2005 7:22:15 GMT -5
Not difficult to see what chip I need to work on today. Last night when I came home from an AA meeting, I was sitting at my computer talking to Teiger and I heard three shots which sounded very loud and too close for comfort. After I heard a voice outside and it appeared safe to put my nose out the door, I asked what was happening. My neighbor informed me that the guy who lived in apartment #1 had been shot and his body lay in blood across the street.
The area is blocked off and buses are rerouted around our block while investigations are made. It is kind of scary to say the least. I am not out in left field like I would have been when I was using, but there is still a 'little' stress there.
The neighborhood is not the best, but then I seem to know how to pick them. It was only two years ago that my next door neighbor was shot in a senior complex.
I have faith in my Higher Power. I know that when it is my time to go, it will happen, until then, I try to walk in faith. There are healthy fears. I will not do something that will bring people with guns after me.
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Post by Lin on Oct 7, 2005 4:26:53 GMT -5
OMG...that really WOULD be a scarey thng to happen.
Faith DOES replace fear. Finding gratitude also replaces fear. You can be grateful you were safe inside the hosue and not in the line of fire.
LIN
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Post by Tiger on Oct 7, 2005 9:51:53 GMT -5
When "Fear" knocks at our door and we open it with "Faith"........"Fear" is gone!
Tiger
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Post by caressa on Oct 7, 2005 15:32:15 GMT -5
Yes, there has been some anxiety although not the fear that would have been if I didn't have program. I am moving out of here on the 16th, just arranging and knowing that gives me some peace. I am going to a friend's place this weekend. I am not going to have internet service for about three weeks because of the move. I am only three blocks from the library so hope to get on there for an hour daily and I can continue posting.
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Post by dg on Oct 7, 2005 17:36:42 GMT -5
If i was in your shoes I would move pronto as well. We have lots of that kind of cirmes here as well, but never seen "somebody's body" laying in street like you have described. *********************************************8 Faith is what keeps my fears in check when it gets too overwhelmed at events in my life. Thank goodness I have faith in my higher power to help me thru my tough times.
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