I can do this "believing in myself" stuff
I can do this "believing in myself" stuff
I can do this. I can and will stay clean today. I am feeling good about my sobriety, the number of months in a row, but I am also fulfilled due to the actions of the present day. I can’t stay sober when I bask in the accomplishments of yesterday. I have to move forward every day as best I can.
The tools that I use today are not etched in stone. In other words I must go with the flow and like make the choices that seem to be the best right now. For example, going to a meeting, may not be the tool that I pick up right now. I may sense other action will serve me better in this moment. I need to be aware of what I am doing actively in my recovery right now, and I also need to be aware of what I am doing “in between” each action that I take today.
During the “in between” times, there remains a choice to find the tool that will serve my recovery and that will help me be of my highest service to the universe. If I am driving, I can practice practice choosing to drive in a way that allows other people to be at ease as we travel down the road together or meet at an intersection. During these times on the road, I can also venture into an active conversation with the spiritual world. I can repeat affirmations, or statements of kindness to the people and objects I’m passing, or I can simply follow my breath and let go of my attachments and judgments and breathe in the taste of air as if it is the most delightful meal I have ever enjoyed.
Today I believe in myself and in the “being” that surrounds me now…even as this presence extends into the far reaches of the universe.
The tools that I use today are not etched in stone. In other words I must go with the flow and like make the choices that seem to be the best right now. For example, going to a meeting, may not be the tool that I pick up right now. I may sense other action will serve me better in this moment. I need to be aware of what I am doing actively in my recovery right now, and I also need to be aware of what I am doing “in between” each action that I take today.
During the “in between” times, there remains a choice to find the tool that will serve my recovery and that will help me be of my highest service to the universe. If I am driving, I can practice practice choosing to drive in a way that allows other people to be at ease as we travel down the road together or meet at an intersection. During these times on the road, I can also venture into an active conversation with the spiritual world. I can repeat affirmations, or statements of kindness to the people and objects I’m passing, or I can simply follow my breath and let go of my attachments and judgments and breathe in the taste of air as if it is the most delightful meal I have ever enjoyed.
Today I believe in myself and in the “being” that surrounds me now…even as this presence extends into the far reaches of the universe.
Ksplash when I first read the topic title I was a bit mislead until I read: A great post my friend, thanks for sharing that.
Today I believe in myself and in the “being” that surrounds me now…even as this presence extends into the far reaches of the universe.
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"If I am driving, I can practice practice choosing to drive in a way that allows other people to be at ease as we travel down the road together or meet at an intersection."
We now have some acknowledgement and consideration for others.
I used to want to kill every other person on the road.
Feels good now, huh?
We now have some acknowledgement and consideration for others.
I used to want to kill every other person on the road.
Feels good now, huh?
"If I am driving, I can practice practice choosing to drive in a way that allows other people to be at ease as we travel down the road together or meet at an intersection."
We now have some acknowledgement and consideration for others.
I used to want to kill every other person on the road.
Feels good now, huh?
We now have some acknowledgement and consideration for others.
I used to want to kill every other person on the road.
Feels good now, huh?
Now if I could just work on the "eh, the light's still yellow, I can make it" attitude, I'd be gold.
Thanks for sharing that!
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This was more helpful to me than you will ever know.
It's not about praying to HP and asking for It to be of service to me; it's about me concentrating on being of service to HP.
Now I almost feel like I could stomach an AA meeting!
It's not about praying to HP and asking for It to be of service to me; it's about me concentrating on being of service to HP.
Now I almost feel like I could stomach an AA meeting!
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