July 26, 2011
What you see reflects your thinking. And your thinking but reflects your choice of what you want to see. (ACIM p. 231) Today I have the freedom of choice. For so very long, I was stuck in the rut of self demoralization; the insanity of obsession, seeking and searching for peace in a bottle, a [...]
July 24, 2011
I’m guessing that I’m not the only one who had “Rehab” as my ringtone. There’s a dull ache in my heart at Amy Winehouse’s passing: her talent was astonishing. She was soulful and sexy, funny and smart, tough and fragile, and her voice was like a “please” and a “thank you” and a “screw you” [...]
July 22, 2011
In my last column, I explored some misconceptions that I have seen causing friction in the fellowship, specifically between atheists and God-conscious members in 12 Step programs. Like any society, variations in our heart-felt beliefs can make a mosaic out of community life or it can cause tension; it’s all about love and tolerance. Today, I reflect on [...]
July 22, 2011
Grow flowers of gratitude in the soil of prayer. ~Terri Guillemets …for this new life wherein in even when feeling the heaviness of the “blahs” for no apparent reason, it’s still far better then the hell I was rescued from through God’s loving grace. …to take the time to write my gratitude, a prayer of [...]
July 21, 2011
Relationships have the brilliant power to inspire. To be inspired is to breathe in and out with the joyous certainty that you are loved for who you are. ~ Anita Laughlin I’m grateful for this new life complete with wonderous relationships. I’m grateful to be surrounded by the glimmering glow of pur sang peeps day [...]
July 20, 2011
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.” — Jean Houston I’m grateful for this new life and the ability to laugh, really laugh, today! We’re talking some serious booty shaking, belly quaking, laughter! A mantra for me as of late has been “don’t take _____ so seriously” as [...]
July 9, 2011
Sometimes I feel alienated, and isolated to myself in a group. This usually happens when “belief in God, or the existence of God” becomes part of the conversation. I feel intimidated to stand up and declare my belief in God, largely because that certain statement would cause, in a room of 50, 50 stereotypes would [...]
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