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Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. --Minna Antrim
It is not by chance but by design that the sorrows we experience throughout our lives are countered by equal servings of joy. One offsets the other. And we are strengthened by their combination.Our longing for only life's joys is human--also folly. Joy would become insipid if it were our steady diet. Joyful times serve us well as respites from the trying situations that push our growth and development as women.
######ROSIE.....well??? not yet for me but i am doing my affirms to MAKE that so....CLAIMING my good karma now rather than just bad karma.....it has to begin with me/ inside of me.....some folks, needing mental/emotional help don't see the balance either....i didn't for SURE in the past....now??? lets say there is HOPE.......i long for the "recompense of the years the locust and canker worm ate"..like it says in the bible....i guess i have to claim it...BELIEVE for it.........i am TIRED of the trials.......i keep telling my hp...YELLING it...."its MY turn now" oh life is definitely better than it was.....however i STILL have needs/ wants that are not met...i am working on chaning my MIND so i change my CIRCUMSTANCES........
Laughter softens the cutting edges of the lessons we seek or are cornered by. It offers perspective when the outlook is bleak. And for those of us who are recovering, wallowing in the bleaker times used to be acceptable behavior. But no more. The reality is that each day will present both occasions for anguish and ones inviting easy laughter. Both are valuable. Neither should dominate.Joy and sorrow are analogous to the ebb and flow of the ocean tide. They are natural rhythms. And we are mellowed by their presence when we accept them as necessary to our very existence.Any pain today guarantees an equal amount of pleasure, if I willingly accept them both.
######ROSIE.....yeah, my sense of humour is what kept me going then and keeps me going now.....i mean if i could't find anything to laugh at i would have done my self in a long time ago........my outlook has looked pretty bleak on lots of occasions....like "whats the use???"...but something , a small voice, inside of me says "god has SOMETHING good for you...hang on"....but it gets hard sometimes.....it gets old too.......i look at life AS it is...i mean if your struggling financially and being alone with no comfort when u need it...yeah, its hard......i am doing BIG time step 11 work to try and say "ok, if i am to be alone, lets make the best of it by improving my relationship with my HP and me"........i try to look in the middle....not too high...not too low....get out the gratitude list for comfort when things are down.......i have seen so much sorrow in my life, i think life "pained me out" i honestly don't have much in the tank anymore in the way of "bouncing back" from yet another blow....it just isn't there for me.....my perp and others adn than me with my sickness "rode me into the ground"....my legs are sore, shins fractured from pounding the track over and over.... i want to go out to pasture and have it easier....i earned it...will i get it??? i don't know, but i know that my affirmations can't HURT my chances, so i go for the gusto...try and be prepared for bad contingencies....hope for the best.......i know i will never escape pain, i don't expect too, but i could use the karma to change in my favor to match what changed against me....all i ask is for what is MINE....all i ask for is "my fair share".......i think my HP knows what i mean....and i am CLAIMING the DIVINE plan for my life...not what was forced upon me......thank you DONE
