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Mon, Jun 25, 2007 10:14:01 AM
α it becomes possible to trust that this Higher Power ω
posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2007 10:14:01 AM
will continue to help me in the future. and trust offers me the strength to move forward.
so what evidence of miracles do i have today? well the way this morning is going, i would have to say not a whole lot. ungrateful to the max. everyone wants something today and i do not want to give anything. all i want to do is crawl away to some tropical beach and hide for a month or two. so the time has come to turn this around. after all there has been at least one miracle today -- i am still clean today, and i still choose to do whatever it takes to stay in active recovery today. so there are two miracles for sure.
this reading is one of those where i am never sure quite how i will react when i read it. in fact since i have started moving my reaction was different from when i read it first thing this morning. i have been dealing with all kinds of demands and you know what, after a moment of thinking about it, it is a miracle that i have people that want me to work for them. when i came to recovery, i was barely employable, and now i am busy and successful, so the gift of success, is a miracle that has come from the process of recovery, hence from a loving HIGHER POWER.
so a bit of gratitude has started to creep in, and you know what that is really a good thing for me right now. that is also a miracle, because nothing that ever happened to me was ever a good thing when i was using. recovery as a matter of fact, even the miracle of recovery was something i totally missed in those early days. i was not grateful for being here and looked on this blessing as a curse.
so the biggest miracle is that i am able to see the miracle today, and find a bit of gratitude, regardless of what the day brings. so back to the grind, and see what other miracles can happen.
so what evidence of miracles do i have today? well the way this morning is going, i would have to say not a whole lot. ungrateful to the max. everyone wants something today and i do not want to give anything. all i want to do is crawl away to some tropical beach and hide for a month or two. so the time has come to turn this around. after all there has been at least one miracle today -- i am still clean today, and i still choose to do whatever it takes to stay in active recovery today. so there are two miracles for sure.
this reading is one of those where i am never sure quite how i will react when i read it. in fact since i have started moving my reaction was different from when i read it first thing this morning. i have been dealing with all kinds of demands and you know what, after a moment of thinking about it, it is a miracle that i have people that want me to work for them. when i came to recovery, i was barely employable, and now i am busy and successful, so the gift of success, is a miracle that has come from the process of recovery, hence from a loving HIGHER POWER.
so a bit of gratitude has started to creep in, and you know what that is really a good thing for me right now. that is also a miracle, because nothing that ever happened to me was ever a good thing when i was using. recovery as a matter of fact, even the miracle of recovery was something i totally missed in those early days. i was not grateful for being here and looked on this blessing as a curse.
so the biggest miracle is that i am able to see the miracle today, and find a bit of gratitude, regardless of what the day brings. so back to the grind, and see what other miracles can happen.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) (Those who) possessed in the highest degree those attributes did
nothing (with a purpose), and had no need to do anything. (Those who)
possessed them in a lower degree were (always) doing, and had need
to be so doing.