The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
I started thinking about fear and risk in my life and I wrote this poem. I thought I would share it here as this came out of reflecting on my al-anon tools and looking at my resistance to making decisions in my life. maybe it will spark something for someone.
Thanks for sharing! It's a bit deep for me, but lovely to contemplate. It sounds like you process creatively - keep going and keep sharing...
(((Hugs)))
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
(((Tara))) - I have to give background....I went to 12 years of Catholic Schools....that was a hefty experience, which I could not stand at the time! I have learned as an adult to be grateful for my education - it's been a gift in my career/adult life.
However, we spent a whole semester (half the darn year) in HS analyzing poetry/dissecting it & sentences/etc. So - poetry for me is a trigger of sorts making me project that I am going to have to think harder than desired.......ha.ha.ha.ha....
I enjoy poetry but it does take me back to those classrooms with the nuns and the shenanigans of timeframe...
Have a great day!!
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
I like it, thanks for sharing it.
Also just noticed your name; I had a quiz on medicinal herbs today, ha.
Now I have the rolling stones singing dandelion in my head. It's not the worst thing that could happen, lol
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If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? (Lewis Caroll)
Safety third is a turn on "safety first" (maybe an old Girl Scout motto) Not bad advice exactly, but safety and happiness in my situation now are dependent upon me taking some risks and doing scary things. So, safety is no longer my first priority it's third.
