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See the wide smile on my face? I finally got a bit of protocol for logging in to this program and it worked.....Had to get rid of the old me (??? really? does that work!!!) and then keep the protocol simple. KEEP IT SIMPLE!!! WHO CAME UP WITH THAT ONE!!!?? I kinda sorta remember something like that when I first got into program in 1979 and got my memory back this morning and in two simple minutes IT WORKS!!
There was/is no alcoholic standing in line trying to screw with me so I guess it must be me..."The only problem is me and the only solution ...God". I will gratefully wash His coffee cup which he left near the keyboard. MAHALO AKUA (said in Hawaiian).
Sooo Aloha Kakahiaka...Good Morning Family.
I ensured that I start working our program while still laying in bed one pillow under my head and the second one near the bed and the Serenity Prayer put into simple sections. I arose with intention, that being the plan to fix my protocol and then practice, practice, practice. I fell asleep with intention last night to remember the lessons of my former sponsor, now deceased, knowing that they still work when I work them and lo and behold the lessons still work. "When in doubt? Don.T." So Don is still here along side my Higher Power and I and I can get into and on the MIP voyage without as much trouble as I did earlier. I actually has taken me a very long time to get this ego straightened out. E.G.O. Easing God Out Naaaah.
I am anxious to get to and read your ESH so I can keep my smile and chuckle. Mahalo !!
Thank you dear brother for a great share and a lovely start to your day. Your share made me smile remembering my own morning today. I feel truly blessed that most mornings, I wake up feeling grateful to be above ground. I've got my routine and off I go - prayers, readings, meditation, etc. It is in recovery that I've learned 'this' helps me keep my ego in check, my attitude towards the light and generally makes my days better!
For an unknown, undefined reason, I felt sad this morning and was struggling to shake it. I golf most days but Tuesdays & Thursdays are now 'league' days - my score kind of matters. I'm one who can testify to 'what I focus on grows' - so my sadness led to projecting and I almost opted out of golf. I forced myself to reach out to another in recovery, tell on myself, and then sit and pray truly asking my HP to just lead me, one foot at a time, to where I should be.
I pride myself on not being a 'flake' and it was late to cancel golf, so I went. As with most things, even though I thought I didn't want to be there, I enjoyed it, the new people I met and actually golfed pretty well. Time and time and time again, when I just follow what's suggested in this darn program, I am truly amazed at how life is/happens/unfolds.
I absolutely love hearing our program in action. I truly am energized by the miracles I hear about, witness and experience. I truly never, ever expected my life to unfold as it has and truly feel beyond words blessed most days! Love and hugs to you brother - appreciate you sharing and bringing it here!
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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
Jerry... we say Miharo Atua, which would be understandable if we were stand-ing here speaking. To the same heart, and to the same mind, and to the same higher power, in the same way. :)
Aroha Ata Marie... which is a blessed good morning. These words have shades of Catholicism... which are embodied in the song below... and it is a true hymn for women, going right back... to our common mother. The mother of absolutely everybody! He whare tangata is ~the womb~ which has been a home for each one of us!
Freezing cold here- with frost on the lawn! But a clear day coming when the fog lifts.
Hi Jerry. I got up this morning and had a good cry in the shower. Both my brother and I are facing some very unpleasant health issues, and I still miss my dog like crazy I put down in November. And as I got out of the shower, I said to myself, Ok, let's get on with this day. My granddaughter is coming over as we do every Saturday morning, before I return to my marital home. My son is stopping by to assist with some tv malfunctions, it's a beautiful day weather-wise, and so I face my choices: stay stuck in a pity party, or let go and let God. I have to take the latter because the first choice is the me before recovery. So onward and upward. I read your post and thought, this is what program is all about: see our choices and pick the one that's good for me. Amen.
"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
Jerry... we say Miharo Atua, which would be understandable if we were stand-ing here speaking. To the same heart, and to the same mind, and to the same higher power, in the same way. :)