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great sadness
It is times of great sadness, stress and responsibilty that I am most grateful for my sobriety. Without recovery and all it has taught me I would not be able to handle suffering.
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Great insight.
View all problems as challeges.
Look upon negatives that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow.
Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in staintly silence.
You have a problem? Great.
More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate,"
Bhante Henepala Gunaratana
View all problems as challeges.
Look upon negatives that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow.
Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in staintly silence.
You have a problem? Great.
More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate,"
Bhante Henepala Gunaratana
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no end to times of testing in this life friends,
to come to the end of myself, (my strength & my wisdom)--
at first it felt like death, or at least bitter failure.
but afterward, having reached that low place where i cry out 2 God,
i find that i am far better off 4 touching HIM, than i was before.
any experience necessary to bring me to that place.....
is more valuable than all the world's success.
measure value & success eternally friends, not according to this fleeting lifetime.
be blessed to see that Life begins w God, Amen
to come to the end of myself, (my strength & my wisdom)--
at first it felt like death, or at least bitter failure.
but afterward, having reached that low place where i cry out 2 God,
i find that i am far better off 4 touching HIM, than i was before.
any experience necessary to bring me to that place.....
is more valuable than all the world's success.
measure value & success eternally friends, not according to this fleeting lifetime.
be blessed to see that Life begins w God, Amen
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Thank you for your kind thoughts. After some very hard days, some prayers were answered and I was able to accomplish some difficult tasks. Unfortunately I am at that age where some of my loved ones are very ill, but last week my grandmother and God decided it was not her time, so I am going to arrange accomodations so that grandpa can be with her in rehab because his health is deteriorating because of the stress and loneliness.
SH
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Yes, SH, sorrow is so much easier to handle with sobriety. When I think of all the stuff that's happened since I got into recovery I'm sure that I would have cracked up many times, and even been a goner if I had continued in my old ways.
It may be small consolation that with sorrow sometimes may come wisdom. But wisdom seems to be watered by tears. Wisdom, it is said, is "sold in the marketplace where none come to buy" (William Blake).
Whatever has been happening to you please accept my very best wishes and thoughts. There is a kind of heroism in sobriety.
W.
It may be small consolation that with sorrow sometimes may come wisdom. But wisdom seems to be watered by tears. Wisdom, it is said, is "sold in the marketplace where none come to buy" (William Blake).
Whatever has been happening to you please accept my very best wishes and thoughts. There is a kind of heroism in sobriety.
W.
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