Reality of the Unseen - Part 3

[indigo]

My prayers and positive thoughts will be with you today and always.

[citychick]

thanks for your prayers.

She's in a fairly dark place at the moment.

our prayers may be just the light she needs.

[citychick]

May 21, 2008.

You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning.

Our friends were not unearthly beautiful, nor spoke with tongues of gold, our lovers blundered now and again when we most sought perfection….

-Adrienne Rich

So often our expectations exceed reality. We want more than we have; our homes, our loved ones, perhaps our jobs seem not to measure up. “If only” – we say to ourselves. The time has come to quit saying “If only” and be glad, instead, for what is.

We are recovering. We do have friends and family who care about us. We do have exactly what we need at this moment.

We each can make a contribution today for the good of someone else and thus for ourselves. And in the act of looking to this day – to giving something to another human being – we will sense the inner perfection we mistakenly long for in our outer selves.

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I can look around me today and be thankful. I will tell someone that I’m glad we share one another’s world.

[Ann]

I can look around me today and be thankful. I will tell someone that I’m glad we share one another’s world.

I'm glad you share my world, CC, and that you allow me to share yours. It's a beautiful thing we have here, and I'm grateful for all my Spiritual friends.

[indigo]

Me too, me too.

[citychick]

I'm glad we all share in this spiritual oasis.

you guys have taught me a lot by example.

[citychick]

May 22, 2008.

You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning.

The change of one simple behavior can affect other behaviors and thus change many things.

-Joan Baer

Our behavior tells others and ourselves who we are. Frequently, we find ourselves behaving in ways that keep us stuck or embarrass us. Or we may feel deep same for our behavior in a certain instance. Our behavior will never totally please us. But deciding we want to change some behavior and using the program to help us is a first step.

Remember, imperfections are human and very acceptable. However, changing a particular behavior, maybe deciding to take a walk every morning rather than sleeping 30 extra minutes, will change how we feel about ourselves. And a minor change such as this can have a remarkable effect on our outlook, our attitudes.

The dilemma for most of us for so long was the fear we couldn’t change. But we can. And we can help each other change too.

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One small change – a smile at the first person I meet – mediation before dinner – a few minutes of exercise – will help me chart a new course. I will encourage another woman to join me in this effort too, and I will be on my way.

[Rusty Zipper]

double dip'n!

change is good...

remember, if we dont change, we'll be beging for change!

[citychick]

May 23, 2008.

You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning.

Give as much of yourself as you can to as much of your higher power as can understand.

-S.H


The more we are in concert with God, the greater will be our pleasures in life. Reorganizing our partnership with our higher power makes every decision easier, facilitates the completion of every task, and removes all uncertainty about our value to this world, particularly to those persons around us.

Knowledge that we are never alone, that in every circumstance our best interests are being cared for, softens whatever blow we encounter. The blows teach us; they are the lessons the inner self has requested, and let us never forget we have a ready tutor to see us through every assignment.

The more we rely on God to see us through the mundane activities as well as the troubling experiences, the greater will be our certainty that all is well, our lives are on course, and a plan is unfolding little by little that has our best interests at it center.

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My understanding of God and the power of that presence is proportionate to my reliance on that power. Not unlike the power of electricity, I can plug into the source of the “light” of understanding and for the strength to see my way through any experience today.

[citychick]

May 25, 2008.

I find the quote in this reading somewhat disturbing.

You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning.

It’s ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.

-Rona Barrett

We all have monsters. Maybe it’s depression over the past or present circumstances, or resentment about another’s behavior, or fear of new situations. Maybe it’s jealousy of other women. The more attention we give the monsters, the more powerful they get. The harder we try to resist the jealousy or depression or fear, the greater it becomes.

The program offers us the way to let go. And we find the way through one another. When we share ourselves fully with one another, share our monsters with one another, they no longer dominate us. They seek the dark recesses of our minds, and when we shine the light on them, they recoil. The program offers us an eternal light.

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I will let the program shine it’s light in my life today. My monsters will flee for the day.

[Rusty Zipper]

yep, "How free do we wann'a be"

the freedom has to come from within, and above...!

[citychick]

May 27, 2008.

You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning.

As the wheel of the decades turns, so do a persons needs, desires, and tasks. Each of us does, in effect, strike a series of “deals” or compromises between the wants and longings of the inner self, and an outer environment that offers certain possibilities and sets certain limitations.
-Maggie Scarf

What life has measured out may not be what we had dreamed of. Life’s lessons may not be those we’d have chosen to learn. Wisdom dictates that the joy of life is proportional to the ease with which we accept those possibilities for growth that have grown out of our inner desires.

Our desires are like an outline for a written assignment, a research project. They help us to see where we want to go at any one time, but as we move, the direction may need to change. The natural flow of “the assignment” will help to refine it.

We may not have tried to “realize” many of our desires in the past. But the time has come. One of the joys of recovery is that we understand our desires are closely related to our spiritual program and our recovery. And we know we are not alone. We need to attend to the inner desires that beckon to us. They are calling us to move forward.

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Today, I can take the first few steps.

[Ann]

What life has measured out may not be what we had dreamed of. Life’s lessons may not be those we’d have chosen to learn. Wisdom dictates that the joy of life is proportional to the ease with which we accept those possibilities for growth that have grown out of our inner desires.

Most of us haven't had the lives we may have dreamed of, but I am grateful that my path led me to growth that could only come from the lessons I have learned along the way.

And I'm grateful for those who walk with me and take me to new dreams that I would never have thought possible once upon a time. No fairy tales for us, but we CAN live happily ever after. Who knew?

Hugs

[Fluttering]

Happy Joyous and FREE...because others have shared so willingly their ESH...and helped me throw away the the running shoes so I would stand still long enough to listen and thus to grow ..There are angels among us...

[indigo]

Amen to that and thanks.