forgiveness

The Miracle of Recovery

The Miracle of Recovery 0

I search through the memories of my childhood looking for happy moments. While scanning through them I find there are more bad memories then good ones. Is it that we choose to remember the bad memories over the happy memories, or are we programmed that way? Does our mind store the bad memories in a [...]

One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time 0

One day at a time, what a difficult scenario to wrap my head around. How do I focus on today and not worry about whats coming tomorrow, or what has happened in the past? It can be a complicating task learning to let go of yesterday and not worry about tomorrow. I find myself falling [...]

It Works If You Work It

It Works If You Work It 0

My boss shut the door to my office and sat down across the desk from me. It wasn’t a meeting I was expecting; closing the door put my anxiety level on alert. Four weeks earlier, two days before Christmas, he had told me that the company was letting four people go and that I was [...]

Why I Need Negativity… Or… I Heart Hecklers

Why I Need Negativity… Or… I Heart Hecklers 2

Silly sounding title I know… but important. In my years of recovery I have learned a very valuable lesson about negative people. Being of sober fanatic mind and energetic body, I felt it was necessary for ALL people to agree with the AA/NA mindset. Little did I know that the naysayers or “BAD” meetings possibly [...]

Exhaling Judgment

Exhaling Judgment 0

“The Love of God within sets me free”.  (ACIM 1:5) Judgment will not be an ingredient I will be using in creating this day.  I am liberated from the ego-imposed bondage of guilt and sorrow when I choose to live connected to.  And…the delicious news is that I can change my mind in any instant! [...]

Prismatic

Prismatic 0

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 [...]

Swimming Free 0

  I‘m so grateful that there is nothing for me to figure out.  Yes, to all a purpose, a design, a reason, but it’s not for me to try to decipher as all is meant to bring me closer to Go(o)d which is accomplished through forgiveness.  Forgiveness alters my perception of all that I see…if [...]