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Old 04-04-2009, 09:12 AM
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GiveLove
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My Higher Power is my inner compass.

I believe that we're all dealt a full set of cards when we're born. I also believe we don't use most of them because, especially as ACOAs, we're taught not to listen to the small voices inside us that tell us the right thing to do to survive and thrive as animals.

Recovery has taught me that there's this really wise core in me that -- if I listen -- will guide me in lots of ways.

So my HP is this basic wisdom, this intuitive knowledge that I think we all have in our gray matter. That, and the concepts of "like attracts like" and selective perception of the world around us.....well, that's what makes happen the things I want & need to happen. Some people label those instincts "god" or a supreme being, but I'm a scientist at heart, and that's what works for me.

Just a different perspective (from someone who doesn't believe in a gray-bearded guy on a throne in the sky.....)
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