I can wallow in mire, in guilt, in obligation, in doubt. I can carry the weight of the world, worry, feel obligated to fix all. I can love, help, serve with no desire for recognition, for repayment, just for pleasure. […]
Continue reading »Category: Recovery Daily Dose
Circumspect
Wary and unwilling to take risks… stuck in the past, in the survival mode a niche carved out of escape, of avoidance, of the behaviors that once upon a time in la-la land met some need… though the need no […]
Continue reading »Becoming Lighter
I remember my ideals and dreams, and I pay attention to them. The Sixth Step is not about being controlled or coerced toward perfection, as my disease would have me believe. Rather, I prepare to become lighter: more fully me, […]
Continue reading »Untethered
Struggling with meditation mind wanders from path, plans grocery stop, ponders stinging barb received, checks the clock. Mind adrift, trusting guidance, guilt glides away, spirit joins peace, presence encountered, wisdom absorbed discovers itself powerless over meditation.
Continue reading »Clean and Orderly
I have worried more about a clean and orderly house than a clean and orderly spirit. ~ Linda T The todo list goes on and on, tasks demanding attention. Fear would stop progress, freeze the fingers, clog thoughts, wedge a […]
Continue reading »