Personal Mission Statement

[Paulie]

Last August I brought up a thread that I had worked on with Pernell on the NA forum. I have been thinking alot about it lately. He helped me write a Personal Mission Statement and when I posted it here some of the ladies joined in.
I pulled mine up today and thought I would share it again and see if anyone wants to join in this time.
How about it ladies?

Here is what I wrote back then....

My personal Mission Statement -

First in my life will be my relationship with God, always remembering that without that relationship I have nothing. I will try to share the unconditional love I receive from God with others in my life. I will try not be judgmental or controlling of others always listening to both sides fairly.

I will try and balance recovery, family and business to the best of my ability. It will be a priority to me to work with others in recovery so that I can both share the message and keep what I have been blessed to receive. In doing this I must continue to work on myself and my character defects through the 12 steps.

I will seek to have warm healthy family relationships that contain trust, mutual comfort and respect. I will make my home a safe environment where my family can love, laugh, and grow together.

I will be a responsible woman who finishes what she starts and does everything with pride. I will continue to grow in areas of education that interest me. I will act on situations and opportunities, rather than to be acted upon. I will always try to keep myself free from addictive and destructive behaviors. I will never compromise my honesty and integrity, always being true to myself first. I will not let others influence what I know to be true in my heart.

I will have confidence in myself as a strong independent woman, able to stand on her own two feet. I will look at life as the wonderful gift that it is being able to cry and laugh and feel for others with compassion. I will try to stay positive and remember to treat myself as my own best friend.
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Like I said I had a GREAT deal of help with this from Pernell and others that jumped in. So we can do this together.

Who wants to start???

[liveweyerd]

Pauline, Can I have a little rain check? It is very late at night and I know that this will take alot of work. But I think I can make a start at developing it,
along with the journaling I was doing,..
Whew, girl, you are going to wear me out with this one!
Thanks!

[51anna]

Yeah, me too Paulie. This is a tough one, but I wanted you to know I'm thinking about it!

Love, Anna

[Paulie]

LOL - believe me I understand, I had ALOT of help from Pernell!!! I pulled mine out and looked at it the other day and I thought I would share it. Make some notes, post them and we can talk about it when you have time. Believe me I had struggled with it too.

[51anna]

Paulie,

Any input here is more than welcome. This was a great exercise, it really made me stop and think about what was really important.

Personal Mission Statement (For me I see this as a daily mission statement):

I intend to love God and to feel God's love and to believe that I am worthy of the life I am living.

I intend to love myself, my family and my friends, and to accept the love that my family and friends offer to me with gratitude.

I intend to listen to my soul and to follow the path that my soul has chosen to follow. I will attempt to keep my personality (my physical desires) out of the way of my spiritual path. I believe that the closer I am to my spiritual self, the more fulfilling my life will be.

I intend to take care of my physical health.

I intend to have work in my life that is fulfilling and purposeful.

I intend to feel contentment and peace in my life and I will spend some time every day by myself. This is essential.

I will try to never do things out of a sense of duty, but rather out of desire, so I can be true to myself and not spend time doing things I 'should' be doing.

Anna

[Paulie]

Anna -

That is awesome!!! I really like the part about deserving the life that you are living now. That one is so hard for me.

Really great!!!!!

I have decided that I am going to read mine everyday with my morning readings to help me remember these promises that I have made to myself.

[51anna]

Paulie,

My sincere thanks for starting this post and for all the things you put forth that make me think and give me a push. I know I have grown since I found SR and that is the whole purpose for being here on this earth, isn't it?

Big hugs Paulie,
Anna

[Paulie]

And to share our growth with others, yep I think so too.

I can become complacent easily and have several several times in my sobriety. So if I have to work on me, so do you have to work on you!! LOL .

Seriously, I cannot stay sober by myself.

[Chy]

To trust in my HP and not take it back!
To help myself on a daily basis by working steps 1-3.
To have faith and confidence in all my affairs.
To always make an honest effort in doing the right thing.
To hold the hand of others like me seeking the solution.

[51anna]

Chy,

I love that 'and not take it back". Wow, I've done that a few times. When the chips are down, my reaction is to say, okay I have to take control here again! That's a really tough one for me.

Love, Anna

[Chy]

Something I was doing to Anna, but my sponsor brought it to my attention, wise young bird she is!

[Paulie]

I do that all the time, HP and I play tug of war!!!!