Reality of the Unseen - Part 3

[Ann]

This lovely thread continues from Part 2, which can be found by clicking the link below.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...rt-2-a-21.html (reality of the unseen Part 2)

Thanks Citychick for keeping this thread alive for us each day.

[indigo]

Yes thank you from me too.

[Rusty Zipper]

were move'n on! yey!

[citychick]

Happy to be of service Ann..

thank you my friends,

I'm so glad I have all of you to learn from :ghug

wow. part 3!

[citychick]

April 23, 2008.

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


When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.


We need to take note, today, of al the opportunities we have to offer a helping hand to another person. We can notice too the many times a friend, or even a stranger, reaches out to us in a helpful way. The opportunities to contribute to life’s flow are unending.

Our own vibrancy comes from involvement with others, from contributing our talents, our hearts, to one another’s daily travels. The program helps us to know that God lives in us, among us. When we close ourselves off from our friends, our fellow travelers, we block God’s path to us and through us.

To live means sharing one another’s space, dreams, sorrows, contributing our ears to hear, our eyes to see, our arms to hold, our hearts to love. When we close ourselves off from each other, we have destroyed the vital contribution we each need to make and to receive in order to nurture life.

We each need only what the other can give. Each person we meet today needs our special contribution.

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What a wonderful collection of invitations awaits me today!

[IO Storm]

"To live means sharing one another’s space, dreams, sorrows, contributing our ears to hear, our eyes to see, our arms to hold, our hearts to love."

Can't you just hear your heart saying "Yes, Yes, Yes !!!!!"? I hear mine.....

[indigo]

Yes I can hear mine too.

[citychick]

Ditto

[citychick]

April 24, 2008.

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


She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer and cries “It shall be done – Sometimes, somewhere.


-Ophelia Guyon Browning

Patience is a quality that frequently eludes us. We want what we want when we want it. Fortunately, we don’t get it till he time is right, but the waiting convinces us our prayers aren’t heard. We must believe that the answer always comes in it’s own special time and place. The frustration is that our timetable is seldom like God’s.

When we look back over the past few weeks, months, or even years, we can recall past prayers. Had they all been answered at the time of request, how differently we our lives would be. We are each on a path unique to us, offering special lessons to be learned. Just as a child must crawl before walking, so must we move slowly, taking the steps in our growth in sequence.

Our prayers will be answered, sometime, somewhere. Of that we can be sure. They will be answered for our greater good. And they will be answered at the right time, the right place, in the right way.

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I am participating in a much bigger picture than the one in my individual prayers.

[Enquire]

Originally Posted by citychick

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
...The opportunities to contribute to life’s flow are unending.

Our own vibrancy comes from involvement with others, from contributing our talents, our hearts, to one another’s daily travels.

...When we close ourselves off from each other, we have destroyed the vital contribution we each need to make and to receive in order to nurture life.

I've long known these truths, been striving to practice them, incorporate the life and love I so want to give to others into my daily life. I've experienced what it is to close myself off, to not give of myself as I know I want to give. The terrible internal conflict that resulted.

For it is in the GIVING, freely of myself, that I receive the greatest joy.

Thank you for the reminder, the inspiration, CityChick

[IO Storm]

Had they all been answered at the time of request, how differently we our lives would be.

Looking back over the past two years since I began "walking by faith"....I see that (if) my

prayers had been answered all at once...(I) would have messed up the good things God

has since given me..because I was not yet ready to handle them rightly!

I am glad that I am learning to trust that He does things exactly as they should

"in His time".

Thanks CC...

[citychick]

Hey! Enquire great to see you.

you've been on mind of late.



*Ditto Sherry, glad we're on this journey together..

:ghug2

[citychick]

April 25, 2008.

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


Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

-Helen Keller

There is wonder in the moment, if we but look for it, let it touch us, believe in it. And with the recognition and celebration of the wonder comes the joy we desire and await.

Being wholly in tune with the present moment is how we’ll come to know the spiritual essence that connects all of life. We search for peace, happiness and contentment outside of ourselves. We need instead to discover it within us, now and always, in whatever we are experiencing.

We can let our experiences wash over us. Longing for a different time, a distant place, a new situation breeds discontent. It prevents us from the thrill, the gifts offered in this present moment. But they are there.

We can practice feeling joyful in the present, be thrilled with the realization that right now, all is well. All is always well. Life is full of mystery and wonder and each moment of our awareness adds to the wonder.

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I am moving forward; we all are. I am on target. I am participating in a glorious, wonderful drama. Let me jump for joy. I have been specially blessed.

[Ann]

Life is full of mystery and wonder and each moment of our awareness adds to the wonder.

It's about awareness, to me. For so many years I wasn't paying any attention to the mystery and wonder of life...I was too deep in my darkness and just struggling to make it through each day.

Today it's like somebody opened a window and every day is a new blessing and adventure and I finally feel alive.

Hugs

[Rusty Zipper]

Being wholly in tune with the present moment is how we’ll come to know the spiritual essence that connects all of life.

oh how its so precious...

[indigo]

Amen to that.

[IO Storm]

"All is always well."


And a big big amen to that!

[citychick]

April 26, 2008.

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

……pain is the root of knowledge.

-Simone Weil

We don’t anticipate pain in our lives. We dread the situations we anticipate will be painful. We probably even pray to be spared all painful experiences. But they come anyway, at times in profusion. And we not only survive the pain, we profit from it.

It seems that pain stretches us to our limits, generally forcing us to look for guidance from others, and it pushes us to consider new choices in our present situation. Pain is our common denominator as women, as members of the human family. It softens us to one another. It fosters empathy. It helps us to reach out and realize our need for one another.

New knowledge, new awarenesses, are additional benefits of accepting, rather than denying, the pain that accompanies life. This journey that we’re on is moving us further and further along the path of enlightenment. We can consider that each problem, each crisis, is our necessary preparation for moving another step down the road.

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I learn out of necessity. And when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

[citychick]

April 27, 2008.

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


So much to say. And so much not to say! Some things are better left unsaid. But so many unsaid things can become a burden.

Virginia Mae Axline

The occasions are many when we’d like to share a feeling, an observation, perhaps even a criticism with someone else. The risk is great, however. She might be hurt, or he might walk away, leaving us alone.

Many times, we need not share our words directly. Weighing and measuring the probable outcome and asking for some inner guidance will help us decide when to speak up and when to leave things unsaid. But if our thoughts are seriously interfering with our relationships, we can’t ignore them for long.

Clearing the air is necessary sometimes, and it freshens all relationships. Deciding when to take the risk creates consternation. But within our quiet spaces, we always know when we must speak up. And the directions will come. The right moment will present itself. And within those quiet spaces the right words can be found.

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If I am uncomfortable with certain people, and the feelings don’t leave, I will consider what might need to be said. I will open myself to the way and ask to be shown the steps to take. Then, I will be patient.

[indigo]

Thank you CC a good one for me today.

[citychick]

namaste indie.

[citychick]

April 29, 2008.

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

Love between two people is such a precious thing. It is not a possession. I no longer need to possess to complete myself. True love becomes my freedom.

-Angela L. Wozniak

Self-doubt fosters possessiveness. When we lack confidence in our own capabilities, when we fear we don’t measure up as women, mothers, lovers, employees, we cling to old behavior, maybe to unhealthy habits, perhaps another person. We can’t find our completion in another person because that person changes and moves away from our center. Then we feel lost once again.

Completion of the self accompanies our spiritual progress. As our awareness of our higher power’s caring role is heightened, we find peace. We trust that we are becoming all that we need to be. We need only have faith in our connection to that higher power. We can let that faith possess us, and we’ll never need to possess someone else.

God’s love is ours, every moment. Recognition is all that is asked of us. Acceptance of this ever-present love will make us whole, and self-doubt will diminish. Clinging to other people traps us as much as them, and all growth is hampered, ours and theirs.

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Freedom to live, to row, to experience my full capabilities is as close as my faith. I will cling to that and discover the love that’s truly in my heart and the heart’s of my loved ones.

[Enquire]

Originally Posted by citychick

[FONT="Verdana"][COLOR="Blue"]April 29, 2008.
True love becomes my freedom.

Self-doubt fosters possessiveness. When we lack confidence in our own capabilities, when we fear we don’t measure...we feel lost once again.

Completion of the self accompanies our spiritual progress.

Hear, hear. I believe that, when one has confidence in themselves, having looked deep into themselves for truth in what they truly believe is just, right, and in the best interest of all (including one's own self), the right way becomes evident. What is right is within each of us. Self-reliance, believing in one's own ability to determine and act on what is right, is an essential quality inherent in each of us, that simply must be recognized and practiced, if one is to find peace. And then, so to extend peace, and love, to others.

[IO Storm]

As our awareness of our higher power’s caring role is heightened, we find peace. We trust that we are becoming all that we need to be. We need only have faith in our connection to that higher power.

Having lately to "trust" again.."no matter what happens"...has been a little frightening.

But...that "no matter what" is the clincher for me! I must "trust" and have "faith"

"no matter what" happens today ...as being God's will for me....just as I do not take a

drink "no matter what" happens today....it is getting me through a rough patch.

And...I do not need possess another...no way!

Shessh! Hard enough to handle myself...

Thanks CC!

[citychick]

May 1, 2008.

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


Insight is Cheap.

-Martha Roth


For years we kept ourselves in a split condition: With one part of our minds we looked at ourselves and said, “I do some self-destructive things because I believe I don’t deserve love.” When we became involves with unsuitable people or abused our bodies, we said, “I am punishing myself-I am expecting too much - I neglect my own needs.”

We may see clearly how and why we get in our own way. But unless we have faith in a power greater than ourselves, we won’t step aside. We won’t let go. We’ll do the same thing and “understand” ourselves in the same ways. We may even use our insight to keep ourselves stuck - to protect ourselves from the risk of change.

Now, having had a spiritual awakening, having come to believe that a higher power can restore us, we possess a gift more powerful than the keenest insight – faith in our ability to grow and change. We are children of God. All the creative power of the universe streams through us, if we don’t block it.

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Today, I will have faith, and all will be well.