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A collection of Friends In Recovery.
Featuring a weekly Step Study from various 12 Step Recovery literature.
With the occasional inspirational message or message pertaining to a broad spectrum of varied spiritual practices.
An open forum for discussion of the aforementioned Step Study and inspirational/spiritual practice messages.
"Dance like there's no one watching and love like you've never been hurt."
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The divided self exists in all of us.
~Marie Lindquist~
One gift of sobriety is the growing awareness that we are complex, whole individuals, more than just our dark side. Defeated, we came into this program of recovery certain that our lives would be forever fraught with problems. Little in our experience made us proud. Surviving our hateful, painful, and confusing lives was our proudest achievement.
The moment we admit our powerlessness over our drug of choice and over other people, a fresh start commences. Becoming willing to let a Higher Power influence our lives gives us a chance to glimpse the brighter side of our being. We discover it was there all the time.
We'll always have both sides, the dark and the light. We're human. Nevertheless, we tend to strengthen the part of our self that calls to us loudest. Which side we hear is up to us.
I am a complex human being. I have the next 24 hours to live as I choose.
Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
~I Corinthians~
In My Fair Lady, Rex Harrison sings in exasperation: “Why can’t a woman be more like a man? . . . Why can’t a woman be like me?”
It did not surprise me to learn that this was a very popular song. In every emotional relationship, even if we don’t put it into words, each of us has a rigid set of expectations which requires the other person to act and think in a particular way. Interestingly enough, it is not that person’s way; it is our own.
When he or she acts differently, we get surprised and feel irritated or disappointed. If we could see behind the scenes, in the mind, this sort of encounter would make a good comedy. Here I am, relating not to you but to my idea of you, and I get irritated because you insist on acting your own way instead!
It is really no more than stimulus and response. If you behave the way I expect, I’ll be kind. If you behave otherwise, I’ll act otherwise too: rude, or irritated, or disappointed, or depressed, depending on my personality, but always something in reaction to you. It means, simply, that none of us has much freedom; our behavior is dependent on what other people say and do. To live without self-centered expectations is the secret of freedom in personal relationships.
The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.
~Eric Hoffer~
Letting Go Takes Love
To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more
and
To let go and to let God, is to find peace.
Remember: The time to love is short.
~Author Unknown~
Trust
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved."
"A person who trusts no one can’t be trusted."
"Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart."
"Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself."
"It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust."
"Trust that little voice in your head that says “Wouldn’t it be interesting if...”; And then do it."
"One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life."
"To trust, have faith, is to know that whatever happens will be good. Trust and Believe."
~Canookie Girl~
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"Dance like there's no one watching and love like you've never been hurt."
Peace.
Bill
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Bill
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