5/18/12 "A Dedication to my Daughter" ~12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit

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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*LAUGHTER Is HEALING*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The weekly meeting topic is:
"I don't understand what is the difference between
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Aren’t they the same?
Can you explain this to me?"

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May 18
Today I look beyond the immediate moment of satisfaction
and decide what is good for me
in the larger picture of my life.
Today I have faith and patience and
can wait to make loving and positive choices.
written by ~ Ruth Fishel
"Time for Joy" 
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Just for Today*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

A Dedication to my Daughter, Mandy

When my daughter was born it was one of the happiest days of my life...
an extension of me!

But I was still a little girl inside..confused, hurting, wanting to be free

I did the best I could to show her love, but I was falling apart

I sunk into depressions, drank, avoiding her, not knowing how to mother,
where the hell to start

For a good 13 years I tried so hard not to repeat what my mother did to me

The difference was I told her I loved her all the time and I wanted a
functional, close family

Three years ago when I came into AA, it was the beginning of a new life,
hope, people who understood

As the days went by, I slowly started healing a little, motherly love poured
into my heart, a feeling that was so, so good!

Today, Mandy and I have a relationship that I had always wished for my
mother and I.

I can laugh with her, understand her, cherish her and I sigh

"Thank you dear God for giving me the strength not to repeat the pattern..
to be able to love my daughter for who she is and what she wants to be"

I broke the chain carried down from years and years

Now I cry from my heart...gratitude, realization, loving tears

She will always be my baby..I will always be there for her, through thick
and thin

My life with her is different now..I love her more than anyone else in the
word

Thank you, God, for taking me on this journey and helping me to learn what
is important to me

My sobriety, my daughter..I hug my Mandy ...and now I can finally see!!!

written by Cheryl
Sweetns...@aol.com

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would like to share with us please copy and paste it into the body
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What I can't do alone, We do together.
In loving service, Scott ~  YOUn...@gmail.com

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*No Matter What*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~


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Just For Today
May 18                    Friends and amends - Keeping it simple

"We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except
when to do so would injure them or others." Step Nine

 In every relationship, we don't always handle things the way we would
have hoped. But friendship don't have to end when we make mistakes;
instead, we can make amends. If we are sincerely willing to accept the
responsibilities involved in friendship and make the amends we owe,
those friendships can become stronger and richer than ever.

 Making amends is simple. We approach the person we have harmed
and say, "I was wrong." Sometimes we avoid getting to the point, evading
an admission of our own part in the affair. But that frustrates the intent
of the Ninth Step. To make effective amends, we have to keep it simple:
we admit our part, and leave it at that.

 There will be times when our friends won't accept our amends. Perhaps
they need time to process what has happened. If that is the case, we
must give them that time. After all, we were the ones in the wrong, not
them. We have done our part; the rest is out of our hands.

Just for today: I want to be a responsible friend. I will strive to
keep it simple when making amends. Page-144

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous ©
1991 by World Service Office Inc.

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Respect For Others

Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be
unaffected.  The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always
considerate of others.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.  74

 Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage.  I must
go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find that peace of mind that
I have sought for so long.  However, none of this must be done at 
another's expense.  Selfishness has no place in the A.A. way of life.

 When I take the Fifth Step it's wiser to choose a person with whom I 
share common aims because if that person does not understand me, 
my spiritual progress may be delayed and I could be in danger of a 
relapse.  So I ask for divine guidance before choosing the man or 
woman whom I take into my confidence.

Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
Daily Reflection In Loving Memory Of Scott Reeves

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day by Hazelden/ May 18th

A.A. Thought for the Day

We're in A.A. for two main reasons: to keep sober ourselves
and to help others to keep sober. It's a well known fact that
helping others is a big part of keeping sober yourself It's
also been proved that it's very hard to keep sober all by
yourself. A lot of people have tried it and failed. They come
to a few A.A. meetings and then stay sober alone for a few
months, but usually they eventually get drunk. Do I know that
I can't stay sober successfully alone?

Meditation for the Day

Look by faith into that place beyond space or time where God
dwells and whence you came and to which you shall eventually
return. "Look unto Him and be saved." To look beyond material
things is within the power of everyone's imagination. Faith's
took saves you from despair. Faith's look saves you from worry
and care. Faith's took brings a peace beyond all understanding.
Faith's look brings you all the strength you need. Faith's look
gives you a new and vital power and a wonderful peace and
serenity.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may have faith's look. I pray that by faith I may
look beyond the now to eternal life.

"Twenty-Four Hours A Day" is a © Copyrighted book of
Hazelden Foundation.  No portion of this publication may
be reproduced in any manner without the written
permission of Hazelden.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Work The Steps*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Today's Thought
MAY 18

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go.
Melody Beattie ©

Don't stop living your life!

So often, when a problem occurs, inside or around us, we revert 
to thinking that if we put our life on hold we can positively 
contribute to the solution. If a relationship isn't working, if we face 
a difficult decision, if we're feeling depressed, we may put our life 
on hold and torment ourselves with obsessive thoughts.

Abandoning our life or routines contributes to the problem and 
delays us from finding the solution.

Frequently, the solution comes when we let go enough to live 
our life, return to our routine, and stop obsessing about the problem.

Sometimes, even if we don't feel like we have let go or can let go, 
we can act as if we have, and that will help bring about the letting 
go we desire.

You don't have to give up your power to problems. You can take 
your focus off your problem and direct it to your life, trusting that 
doing so will bring you closer to a solution.

Today, I will go on living my life and tending to my routine. I will 
decide, as often as I need to, to stop obsessing about whatever is 
bothering me. If I don't feel like letting go of a particular thing, I will 
act as if I have let go of it until my feelings match my behavior.

©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. No portion of this
publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written 
permission of the publisher.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*You Are A Miracle*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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Judge Not
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It's Your Karma...
by Sylvia Browne
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep It Simple*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

  Growing Beyond Victim
by Alan Cohen

    "Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their marriages, but the figure reflects not so much the failure of love as the determination not to live without it."
Morton Hunt

My friend Andrea is a popular college instructor of human relations, and a relationship counselor. She has also been married four times, and divorced three. At a party we both attended, I overheard one of Andrea's former students ask her, "How can you pass yourself off as a relationship expert when you are a four-time loser?"

Andrea responded coolly, "I don't see myself as a four-time loser; I consider myself a four-time learner. Although those marriages didn't endure, I gained valuable lessons that helped me bring more depth and presence to the relationships that followed, and ultimately contributed to the successful marriage I now have."

If you feel like a loser because your marriage or relationship has ended, re-identify yourself as a learner.
If you are wiser for your experience, it was a success.

Rather than criticizing yourself for your shortcomings, honor yourself for the courage to grow through experience.

As evolving beings, we discover what works by evaluating the results of what didn't work; we grow as much (usually more) through our errors as we do through our successes. Like a child learning to ride a bicycle, the information we gain from falling is just as valuable as the feedback we get from staying balanced. Every attempt, whether a "success" or "failure", ultimately contributes to our skill. Seen in this way, we are always progressing toward our goal.

One of the most difficult and painful questions to answer is, "Why did your relationship fail?" When faced with such an inquiry, remember that ending is not the same as failure. Your relationship would be a failure only if you did not learn from it. If you gained insight, self-awareness, or strength, and you would choose more wisely next time, you are significantly ahead of where you began.

Begin to reframe your past relationships as successful learning experiences.
We form new relationships according to
the way we think about our old ones.

If you dwell on your past failures, you will manufacture new ones. Focus on what you gained from past relationships, and you will build a foundation for success in your new ones.
Here are some criteria by which losers are distinguished from learners:
Loser

    * Denies sense of sorrow, grief, or loss 
    * Blames partner for failure. Criticizes self for failure 
    * Plunges into self-pity 
    * Forms judgments about opposite sex 
    * Seeks agreement from "allies" to bolster victim position 
    * Turns to favored addiction to numb pain
    * Seeks new relationship immediately to offset sense of loss
    * Revels in ex-partner's pain or guilt 
    * Seeks to punish ex-partner 
    * Seeks retribution

Learner

    * Acknowledges pain without indulging it 
    * Inventories own actions 
    * Honors self for willingness to learn 
    * Explores self-awareness 
    * Gathers information to ensure future success 
    * Turns to friends for support to keep mind and heart open
    * Turns to Higher Power to grow beyond pain 
    * Takes time to get reacquainted with self and integrate experience
    * Delights in ex-partner's well-being 
    * Offers kindness and support to ex-partner 
    * Lets go and gets on with life

BEYOND KEN AND BARBIE

Many "model" couples live picture-perfect marriages with fine homes in the suburbs, well-paying jobs, several expensive automobiles, and bright children who make the honor roll. Behind the scenes, however, many such marriages are devoid of intimacy, communication, and growth. In my seminars, I have heard a significant number of divorced men and women confess, "We looked great on the outside, but I was dying on the inside". Just because a couple fulfills societal expectations for a model marriage, it doesn't mean that they are achieving their deeper purpose of growing as individuals. Someone who becomes stronger and more self-aware through a painful divorce, by contrast, accomplishes more for his or her spiritual growth than one who sleepwalks through a lifeless marriage.

Do not be deceived by appearances, and do not allow yourself to fall prey to the belief that you are here to live up to the expectations of others.
Your life is valuable not for how it looks, but for what is happening in your heart and soul.

If a relationship falls apart in the outer world, but you extract personal growth from it, you are succeeding in a far more meaningful way than one who amasses the symbols of success but fails to recognize his or her own inner worth. The only true measure of success, we eventually discover, is happiness.

After my book "The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore" was published, I received a telephone call from a nun inviting me to present a seminar to the Catholic ministry for the divorced and separated. Sister Alice explained that many Catholics felt angry and guilty about their crashed marriages, and then she asked me what I titled my workshop. Laughing, I told her, "I usually call it 'The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore', but in this case I think we should use another title."

I found that the greatest need of the participants in the divorced and separated ministry was self-forgiveness. While these people struggled with tremendous pain and grief in the wake of their broken relationships, they shouldered the added burden of condemnation from the church, which defined them as sinners for ending their marriages. Their lives were difficult enough, I surmised, without having to bear the stigma of excommunication. These folks did not need to worry about going to hell ? they were already there!

The divorced women and men in this group demonstrated great courage in leaving their marriages in the face of the ecclesiastical judgment they faced. They needed to find compassion for themselves and forgiveness for their mates. I honored the church for establishing a ministry to support this segment of their parishioners. In the long run, these people grew a great deal from facing and overcoming their fears, and they gained strength that they may not have found if they had remained in barren marriages.
BROKEN OPEN

If you have been closed or armored, a painful breakup can lead you to rediscover yourself and open to a depth of aliveness you might never have known if you had just coasted along in your comfort zone.
If your heart has been broken, let it be broken open.
Opportunities Bestowed by a Broken Heart

    * Get in touch with your feelings 
    * Reach out for support. Appreciate the love of friends 
    * Gain insight into the patterns that have run your life 
    * Tell more truth about who you are and what you want 
    * Claim your power to establish your own destiny 
    * Express creativity (poetry, music, art, original expression) 
    * Discover and develop a relationship with your spiritual source
    * Deepen in compassion 
    * Make changes in your life that you might not have otherwise made 
    * Learn how to find richer rewards in your next relationship

The voice of shaky love tells you that your relationship ending has ruined your life, while Big Love whispers that you now have more life available to you. The road through hell leads to the door of heaven. So your breakup merits not bitterness or resentment, but gratitude and appreciation.

Popular singer Kenny Loggins went through a major crisis when his marriage ended. As he searched his soul to discover his truth and explain his divorce to his children, he found within himself a deeper strength and love. This process moved him so profoundly that he wrote many passionate and heartfelt songs about his insights, and collected them into an album called Leap of Faith, which went on to become one of his most successful productions. Many listeners remark that the honesty and vulnerability Kenny displayed in these songs helped them through similarly challenging times. (Since that time, Kenny has remarried, and he and his new wife Julia have intimately chronicled their love and marriage in a most inspiring book and album, The Unimaginable Life.)

Similarly, when Native American descendant William Least Heat-Moon lost his job and his wife left him, he plunged into deep introspection. In the process of attempting to rebuild his broken life, William recalled his dream to explore the country. Free and unencumbered, he bought a Volkswagen van and sat down to plan his route. As he surveyed the map, William noticed that the major thoroughfares were indicated with thick red lines, while the smaller byways and country roads were marked by thinner blue lines. William realized that he wanted an adventure, and decided to travel the side roads. On his trek, he interacted with fascinating people, received many insights he would never have discovered in his old routine, and reconnected with his Native American heritage. After his two-year odyssey, William had filled his journal with a wealth of colorful stories, and he had them published. Blue Highways went on to become a national bestseller, and William Least Heat-Moon was catapulted into an entirely more meaningful world. Although he could not see the plan in the midst of his hardship, his breakup launched him into the life he had always dreamed of.

THE FAST-FORWARD AGE

We are living in a time of accelerated learning. Many people now go through two, three, or more marriages in a lifetime, and participate in many more relationships. We may have judged ourselves harshly for having several mates or numerous relationships, and we may believe that there is something wrong with us for failing the societal expectation of staying with one person for a lifetime.

But . . .

What happens to you is not as important as what you make of it.

To find peace, reframe your opinion of how you or life "should" be. You are, and have been, on your right path.
What you thought was wrong with you 
may be what is right with you.

In wisdom you chose to go through a number of significant relationships so you could master many lessons in a short period of time.
You have not missed your destiny; 
you are in the process of fulfilling it.

If you lived in an earlier century, your relationships would have told quite a different story and brought you very different lessons. You would have married one person for a lifetime, lived in one town, worked in one vocation, attended one church, and adopted one belief system. Your life would have been slower and simpler ? as would your learning. In those days, it might have taken you an entire lifetime to master the lessons of a relationship with a particular person.

Now, the pace and purpose of our relationships is different. Rather than marrying for survival, economic, social, or political expedience ? and being assigned to a spouse by your parents, priest, or an astrologer ? we marry for love, romance, companionship, communication, sexual expression, and spiritual growth ? of our own free will. These higher ideals and increased levels of personal responsibility call forth all kinds of issues that marrying for survival never touched on. In greater soul maturity, we have taken on deeper, richer, more subtle, and more varied lessons. In accordance with our curriculum, our life changes call us to face our fears, confront our unconsciousness, and bring light to the shadow selves we have chosen to master.

Several marriages or many relationships in a lifetime are not necessarily signs of weakness; they may be an indication of your dedication to discover greater truths about who you are and what you are here to do. If, at the end of your life, you are a wiser person for your relationship experiences, they have all been worth it. And . . .
If you have learned to love, 
you have fulfilled your highest purpose.

No matter how many relationships you have gone through, marriages you have ended, or mistakes you have made, never define yourself as a loser. Instead, be grateful for the awareness you have gained, and be proud of yourself for your bravery in learning by doing. Recognize that you are not the person you were 20 years, or even 20 days, ago. Remember that the Big Picture is unfolding perfectly even if you do not see it in a given moment.

Real learning usually occurs gradually ? rarely overnight. You are always adding to your wisdom. When you disown your identity as a loser and adopt that of a learner, you are on your way to being a master. One day you will discover that everything that has happened to you has been an element in your awakening to the beauty in you and around you. Then you will be able to bless all experiences and honor everyone who assisted you to grow.

Alan Cohen is the author of popular inspirational books, including the classics, The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore, I Had It All the Time, and Handle with Prayer. To learn more about Alan and find out about his conference schedule, visit the Hay House website at http://www.hayhouse.com To write to Alan Cohen directly or receive more detailed information about his programs, write to The Mastery Foundation, 455 A Kukuna Road, Haiku, Hawaii 96708, call 808/572-0001, or visit his website www.alancohen.com  This article is excerpted with permission from his book "Happily Even After" published by Hay House.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Day At A Time*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Soul Company

We are social creatures
Needing one another
As hard as that may be for some to accept...

In equal proportion
we need to nurture ourselves
apart from the society that nourishes us

Sole company is comfort solace
A rebuilder, a rejuvenator
It fills us when we are low
It opens door to the adventure
of self-discovery

There is a need to communicate
with our own soul
which calls to us at times
wherever we may travel

The world is not so crowded yet
that you cannot find a space to call your own
where you may for a day
stay all by yourself

And when you do find it
Don't rush through it
Give it attention - as a child
who wants to savour being in play
who does not believe that time exists

Only the moment
Only the solitude
Apart from the multi-tude
That is all that matters
to the little child
slumbering in soul deep

Love
Stella

© 2002 Stella Raymonde Savoie
stellar...@soulopen.com

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*First Things First*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

My Morning Prayer

Good morning God,
Whatever good you have in store for me today,
please count me in.
I am showing up and reporting for duty.
Please use me throughout this day,
however you see fit.
I ask to be available to
my brothers and sisters in their time of need.
And may their need be our opportunity.
Amen

Scott H.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Easy Does It*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Humility Prayer

Lord, I am far too much influenced
by what people think of me.

Which means that I am always pretending to be
richer, or smarter, or nicer than I really am.

Please prevent me from trying to attract attention.

Don’t let me gloat over praise on the one hand
or be discouraged by criticism on the other.

Nor let me waste time weaving imaginary situations in which
the most heroic, charming, witty person present is myself.

Show me how to be humble of heart like you……..

Willy Lehotz
wle...@coin.org

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Live And Let Live*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

This Day is a Gift

Yesterday is gone
Tomorrow is not here
Live your life today
Free of fear
Today is a gift
That is why we call it
The present
Live life today free
Don't control
Just let it be
We are Gods children
We are meant to be free
Give you best
Soon you'll see
Take time to listen
Open your mind
All at once
You will
Find
Today
Is a
Gift

Daniel M Corkery
9/30/2002
DMCDR...@aol.com
DMCDREAMER's Page of Poetry
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep The Focus On You*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Today's Positive Thought:

Forgiveness heals a broken heart.

Today's Positive Affirmation:

I AM forgiving and my heart is whole.


Today's Positive Visualization:

In my mind's eye I see and sense myself
surrounded with the light of forgiveness.
I imagine that this powerful light is
permeating every cell of my being. As this
powerful light fills me with loving and
forgiving energy I see and sense my heart
being completely whole and healed. I imagine
the powerful loving light of forgiveness
radiating from me to every one I encounter
today. In my mind's eye I see all to whom I
send this light easily accepting it and
allowing their own hearts to be whole and
healed. I combine these images with the
feelings of joy and let them go, knowing that
they will create the good things I am
visualizing and thinking.

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All rights reserved.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Let God and Let Go*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.
Native American Proverb

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous;
you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.
Anon

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To Believe*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

This is a program based on love and service.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Look For The Beauty*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I wouldn't have anything if it wasn't for this program,
That is why its important for me to give it back.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Today Is A Gift*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

There is a difference between be thankful and being grateful.
If you look up the word gratitude in the dictionary,
it says "appreciation with a sense of obligation.
I have an obligation to
"give back what was so freely given to me"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep Stepping*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

to have all
we must give all
to all

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Stay In The Light*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

An addict must give so N.A. can live

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Take A Moment To GIVE (NO COST)*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

CLICK for FREE to Help people in Haiti

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Click to GIVE @ the STOP HIV Site

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Click to GIVE @ the Rain Forest Site

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Track Your Impact in GIVING

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Promise, Many Gifts*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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Created in 1997 , "12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit" is intended to give readers , inspiring and thoughtful messages. To help fulfill our primary purpose which is to carry the message to the alcoholic/addict who still suffers. A spiritual adventure, a journey inwards this has a vision of opening and touching, each and everyone, with the Loving Power and Presence of the Spirit within." We invite you to share the writings by forwarding today's message to others. Share "12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit" with friends and loved ones: Please keep passing this along to online recovery friends  "We can only keep what we have by giving it away." 

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Putting together these Daily Recovery Emails has been such a blessing for me, Thanks for your support and contributions, "What I can't do alone we can do together." If you have any original poetry or submissions that you would like to send to me you can email me at
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By the grace of God and through your efforts of passing on this email, we are reaching many recovering people in different areas of the world. If you are receiving this, from a country outside of the USA please send me an email and tell me where you are receiving this. So far we reaching over 17,000 recovering people in 66 countries including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada , Columbia, Costa Rica, China , Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Guatemala, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Mali West Africa, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia , Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, U.S.A., Venezuela, Wales, West Indies, Zimbabwe.

Even if your country is listed please email me, and let me know where you are from

Stay in the Light, 
In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88
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       ==  ==      "we are each of us angels 
  <^\()/\()/^>       with but one wing,  
      \/  \/  \/       and can only fly by 
       /  \/  \        embracing each other"
       `""``""`

Scott’s Daily Blog
http://intherooms.com/younmenhp
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