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 »Bee Wise
Individual bees cannot survive outside the colony. ~ Ross Boehler Meeting makers make it. Going to meetings alone may not transform an addict, restore sanity. But the lone bee cannot survive denied the support of the hive for long. Experience […]
Continue reading »Looking Forward
Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds therein no recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect, and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled, and all their echoes are […]
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