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Todays reading is about the power of our relationship with our Higher Power. Specifically, the writer notes that after realizing he has difficulties in his intimate relationship with his wife, he realizes that what is really missing is his spiritual connection to his higher power.
When I read this I thought about how, for me, any time I feel: lost, anxious, unsure, down... the answers for me are in turning things over to my higher power, showing enough humility to know that I dont have the answers, knowing that if I am open to seeing whats in front of me the answers will be provided.
A few years ago I would feel very unsettled whenever I felt I didnt know what was next, or wasnt certain what I should do next; now it is a relief to know I am not supposed to have all the answers, and my big responsibility is to take each day as it comes.
Good Morning Mary Great topic Since entering program I have given up most of my" mind reading" games as wwll as my 'Future casting". It is wonderful to live in the moment, with courage, trusting hp.
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Good morning MIP! Thank you Mary for your service and the daily. Thanks to you and Betty for your ESH and shares. I too arrived with an uncertainty regarding HP or a God of my understanding. While others openly encouraged me to select any power greater than I, I struggled....over time, I came to realize that even with doubt, I had faith and history showed me over and over again that I wasn't alone and had been witness to many miracles against all odds.
I'm happy to report that the tools of recovery given me the courage and serenity to experience life as it is, staying in one day, trusting my HP. I too prefer this - it's so much simpler and serene!
Happy Sunday all - off to a meeting shortly and then some football followed by a birthday party.....make it a great day! (((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
Thank you Mary for another great topic/post! I appreciate the shares of Betty and Iamhere as well.
My faith in anything but myself was severely broken when I came here. I struggled with Step 3. I sat there for the longest time... not willing to put my faith in God. I was finally able to come to terms with MY Higher Power. The Power that is greater than me that I UNDERSTOOD. This was key for me. Some days I "Faked it until I made it!"
"When I read this I thought about how, for me, any time I feel: lost, anxious, unsure, down... the answers for me are in turning things over to my higher power, showing enough humility to know that I dont have the answers, knowing that if I am open to seeing whats in front of me the answers will be provided."
I highlighted this passage from Mary's share, because this is where my head-space is now. The more I learned about myself, the more I began to realize that I wasn't humble enough to give my faith to anyone/anything other than myself!! It actually took me a long(ish) time to realize and then Accept this! Today I am finding that if I don't know the answer straight away, then that means my HP wants me to think on it... really consider it... and them ALLOW the 'quite voice' inside me to be heard! I am finding that when I honor this, I too, carry with me much peace.
We had a little shower last night, so all is clean and fresh. Today will be mostly sunny... a good time to pull the summer plants that are finished, then I get to watch my NFL team on the television, finally! One negative for "aquiring" two NFL teams... your TV watching options become tunneled to only those two teams! GRRRR!
Make Your Day, MIP Family!
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-- Edited by PosiesandPuppies on Sunday 29th of September 2019 11:23:26 AM
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"The wolf that thrives, is the one you feed." - Cherokee legend
"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness." Mary Oliver
I am with Posies and Puppies on this one...when I first came here and I STILL struggle with not being abe to put my trust in any God..I was fighting with the God of OTHERS understanding, not finding my own...I have cycles back n forth, was raised up Christian and it just didn't work for me, as the others understood it, so Yea, I had to wipe the black board and find my OWN HP of MY understanding and accept that "NO..there are times I am NOT enough to handle a situation..it is over my head" so what do I do?? I MAKE me turn it over..."cast the burden onto my HP within" and do it over and over and over and SEE it floating up towards the light of the universe...I, too was not humble enough OR perhaps it was a fear that when I'm not in control, my sub-conscious mind "knows" I am doomed..because in the old days I WAS doomed when not in control, but that was then, this is NOW..and I DO have choice now, I CAN choose to fight it or let it go....its OK, now for me to accept that I am powerless over something, powerless does not necessarily mean I am helpless...I can take care of me..I can meditate...I can listen to that "quiet voice" as PnP says and wait for the answer....I can walk away...step back...try plan B...no mater what I DO have choices as opposed to my past when I did not have a choice...
People with my past, this is common..(not being able to believe in anything) and I still am Agnostic about any HP involved in my every day life, but I have my HP INSIDE OF ME and IF/WHEN I can get quiet and breathe, cast burden, I can find some peace as I wait (in my case for next client...NEED minimum 1 full day per week of work) I at least, if I say to HP, I can't but you can...so I cast this burden of lack onto my HP within me and I go free to have my good and my plenty.....I say that alot........so far, ZERO hints of any deliverence, but I tell me this HAS to change...my life HAS to get better...Life is fluid...Not static....I cling to that fact
VERY NICE SHARE, Mary....I love hope for today..One of my all time favorites....Thanks for your service
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Thanks Mary, Betty, Ian and P&P...
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