Calling all Oldtimers...What Works For You
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Gosh, something to think about. Nothing made a huge immediate impact, but it was slow and steady, like the frog working his/her way out of the boiling water.
Like Al-Anon says, when I got busy I got better. When I started going seriously to Al-Anon. When I started doing service work for Al-Anon. When I forced myself to pay attention to my other healthy children and got the rewards of that. When there were a few times when the AS actually came close to accepting my offers of help (I saw that detaching was helping him to take the full burden of his decisions, a good thing). When I got a dog (first time ever) and saw the world through a beagle's eyes. To a dog, there is not a bad day. Every day is an adventure, and I get to participate in it with her because she has to be walked. Taking a walk with a dog brings out the friendly in everybody else we come across - so different than walking alone. I cannot believe the tender stories strangers will tell me about beagles they had in the past.
YouTube has a really nice 2-minute piece called "God and Dog." I think I will go watch that right now.
Good topic. Thanks for asking.
Sojourner.
Like Al-Anon says, when I got busy I got better. When I started going seriously to Al-Anon. When I started doing service work for Al-Anon. When I forced myself to pay attention to my other healthy children and got the rewards of that. When there were a few times when the AS actually came close to accepting my offers of help (I saw that detaching was helping him to take the full burden of his decisions, a good thing). When I got a dog (first time ever) and saw the world through a beagle's eyes. To a dog, there is not a bad day. Every day is an adventure, and I get to participate in it with her because she has to be walked. Taking a walk with a dog brings out the friendly in everybody else we come across - so different than walking alone. I cannot believe the tender stories strangers will tell me about beagles they had in the past.
YouTube has a really nice 2-minute piece called "God and Dog." I think I will go watch that right now.
Good topic. Thanks for asking.
Sojourner.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: By The Lake
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Here's the link to God and Dog, Sojourner, I never saw it before but it's lovely and thank you for mentioning it.
GoD And DoG by Wendy J Francisco - YouTube
Zing, I love Kenny G and that water and beach looks just like the shore by my place.
Listening to good music, watching videos that life my heart...more ways to bring myself to a happier, calmer place.
GoD And DoG by Wendy J Francisco - YouTube
Zing, I love Kenny G and that water and beach looks just like the shore by my place.
Listening to good music, watching videos that life my heart...more ways to bring myself to a happier, calmer place.
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