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.
'Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they, too, have their story.'
Whether this passage is from 1695 or 1927 matters much less than whether we try using it as a guide in our day. Similar can be said of the Serenity Prayer or any slogan or tool in AlAnon.
We are in charge of how we see and respond to the events of our day...
"I will not let my inner peace be disturbed by the confusions around me. I will be gentle and tolerant, while maintaining my right to my individuality. I will listen and appreciate, and not judge the source of what I hear." -------------------------- When I stumbled upon Alanon, I was entirely consumed with the actions of the drinker in my life. I was being wronged, my life was out of control and I was not happy because of their actions...or so I was convinced.
Alanon reminds me that I am the sole source of my state of mind...This page is a great place for me to start, a needed reminder that less of me is more, and I can learn something from everyone around me.
Grateful for the reminders
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Paul
"...when we try to control others, we lose the ability to manage our own lives." - Paths to Recovery
Paul, thank you for your service and this reading.
"I will be gentle and tolerant, while maintaining my right to my individuality." -- that's the program in a nutshell, isn't it? Empathy with boundaries -- so simple but not easy. For me, that's why it takes a village -- my program and program people -- to help me understand and remember how to keep that balance.
Thanks for your service Paul and for both above shares. That reading is exactly what this program is about. I was just telling someone the other day that I cannot depend upon others for my happiness or serenity or well-being. Ive learned its truly my responsibility, with the help from HP and my program family. Sometimes I slip, but when I fall I get right back up. Grateful member.
Thank you Paul for your service and to all who have shared!
I love that line from the Desiderata by Max Erhmann! I found mine at a yard sale over 10 years ago. It was on an aged wood board. I was amazed that something wrote so long ago could still be completely appropriate in this day and age! I hung it on my wall near the toilet - so I could read it each day and contemplate it's meaning! LOL!
Seriously though, that poem truly spoke to me then, as it still does today.
Thanks for the reminder that each person we meet in life has something to give us.
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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
That speaks too my spirit and comforts it. I have responded to it for a loooong time and will continue to do so. Mahalo for the ESHs family. (((hugs)))
