A String of Pearls
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
-If I have a pound of resentment, it takes two pounds of energy to keep it under control.Therefore, if I unload a pound of resentment, I get three pounds back that I can then use for the enjoyment of life and for service.
-I can not cure my sick mind with my sick mind.
If -I don’t know what to do, I should:
……1. Ask God for his will.
……2. Believe He will answer.
……3. Wait for the answer.
-If I go to a good program meeting and say, “I just murdered someone,” they would respond, “Well, we have to phone the police, but we love you very much.” Said by a grateful woman at an meeting.
-One of the roads to madness: “I could be happy if… The other road to madness is What if?
-I need your encouragement sometimes and you need my encouragement sometimes, if we are both to live in courage.
-My thing sometimes is, “Ready. Fire. Aim”.
-I am not fun to be around when I am resentful.
-Being overworked by good deeds and ignoring my need to rest, is neither mature or spiritual. Happy is better than sad. It took me decades t0 learn this one.
-I have a lifetime to learn from both the good and seemingly bad experiences of my life.
A String of Pearls 15
Friday, March 30th, 2007
The following are ideas that have helped me.
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Sometimes I need to abandon my caution, doubt my fearful instincts and believe the improbable.
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I am not a pacifist, but I think this nation grossly under estimates the staggering cost of war.
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Take what you like and leave the rest.
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What people think of me is none of my business.
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For me, recovery is a process not an event, most of the time.
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I was surprised to discover that it is the dailiness of recovery that makes it work.
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When I was hurting my telephone weighed 500 pounds. To feel better,I had to put it on an exercise program.
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When someone phones me because they are hurting, they give me far more than I have any hope of giving them.
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90 meetings in 90 days was the advice given me when I started. Following that advice was one of the greatest acts of kindness I ever bestowed upon myself.
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There is the program waltz that if I would have danced it, would have limited my growth in the program. The waltz is repeating the first three steps of the 12 Steps over and over again: ONE two three, ONE two three, One two three.
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I am not powerless at all. I can make my situation worse anytime I want.
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