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The C2C reading for October 1 speaks about the FACT THAT OFTEN WE FIND our thoughts racing through our minds recalling broken promises which simply helps to generate fear and anxiety
. We are familiar with this chaos and one that we recognize. it is a single that our lives have become unmanageable. At such a time serenity is often just a phone call away, a simple knowledge that chaos can be set back by sharing it . once it washes away or scattered in different directions our problems seem to melt away..
Today I will try to balance them and put a little spiritual space between my problems and myself. If we can share about them with but another person we can l further diminish the power and will then see that our life is unmanageable s in all our affairs". We can choose to move things out into the light and then e will find that they lose their power's over us :"
Thank you for your service Betty. I am way too familiar with racing thoughts which brings chaos to the mind. Fortunately alanon has given me numerous tools which I remember to use most of the time! Most often I can slow down this thinking and replace it with more positive and productive thoughts. To get stuck in the insanity is exactly where I DONT want to be, Lyne
Thank you Betty for your service, and Lyne for your ESH.
This reminds me of one of my most trusted tools (that I first heard on Iamhere's tagline), Practice the Pause. Now when faced with racing thoughts, I practice the pause... this has allowed me to evaluate without reacting, and has allowed time and space for me to share my fears/thoughts with another. To get a different perspective.
Today marks the beginning of my favorite season, as well as my favorite month of the year! We have some of the best weather in SoCal this time of year! Enjoy the day, all!
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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
Greetings MIP Family and Happy Tuesday! I have first hand experience with a racing mind and am grateful to share it's not as bad as it used to be....yet - it does still exist and certainly has no issue trying to run when I am faced with difficulty or uncertainty. I've had some concerning and bad news recently about my mother and a close friend. My mother's heart is failing faster than before and we are now uncertain if she will pass from heart failure or kidney failure. I come from a long-line of worrier's (vs. warriors) so am working diligently to focus on the positives - she's lived a long, great life and she's not in pain and she's suffering from dementia so doesn't remember her time is limited, etc. I worry for my father (her care-giver) as he's doesn't have a program or tools and so is stuck in the worry mode. I am grateful I can share slogans and other with him and hopefully bring him moments of peace. They've been together for 63 years so it's hard for him. She did have a bad fall Friday night, so has a cut head and 2 black eyes! Grateful that's all that's broken.
In my small, close, lovely group of 7 gal pals from High School, a second was diagnosed with cancer yesterday. I really, really felt like I got hit with a truck with this news and am really sad. I am trying not to 'go there' - wherever there is, simply because we don't have very much information yet.
So - this reading was exactly what I needed to see/hear/meditate on this morning. My experience has been that when I am allowing my mind to race beyond the right here/now, I am not able to be of maximum service - to me or anyone....I am grateful for my program, my sponsor, my great gal pals in and out of recovery who are guiding me through the mix of emotions and reminding me to trust in my HP and just keep showing up.
Thank you Betty for the daily and your service. Thank you all for your shares and ESH. When I am restless, irritable, discontent, emotional, etc. I really, really need to be reminded that we are imperfectly perfect doing our best, one day at a time and I am not alone!
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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
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