Post by Caressa2 on May 16, 2004 3:04:42 GMT -5
Companionship
Trouble is a part of life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.
— Dinah Shore
Just as gravity keeps us grounded and connected to the earth, our fellowship keeps us bound to sobriety. The fellowship available to us in our Twelve Step program keeps us in reality. A problem pondered in
isolation seems immense; the same problem shared by those who truly understand is manageable. We need other people from the moment we are born. We need to be included, to feel we're a part of something larger than ourselves. Our spirits hunger for contact from others, and thirst for a relationship with God.
Our fellowship is there, a warm, friendly, and accepting family. Our Higher Power loves us. We are not alone, no matter where we travel, no matter how large our problems seem at the moment. Our joys are doubled and our sadness diminished through the sharing of our hearts.
Today help me listen carefully and give as well as take so I may fully experience this gift of fellowship.
The book Body, Mind, and Spirit by Anonymous © 1990
Open-Mind.org/Daily/Reading/58.htm
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EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.