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Heaven or Hell

“People usually consider walking on water or thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk on water or thin air, but to walk on earth” – The Miracle of Mindfulness

This reminds me of the saying that heaven is here on earth. But so is hell. I have experienced both. When I shift my perception to gratitude by using the tools of recovery, my life is miraculous. When I get lazy, or busy, or forgetful, or think I no longer need to invest time and energy into my spiritual rituals, I start to feel discontent once again. By making time to adjust my attitude each day, I get to fall back in love with my life, no matter what happened yesterday, or what may happen tomorrow! ILML!!!

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Antidote for Fear

“As we work the Program, we find that the basic antidote for fear is a spiritual awakening. We lose fear of making decisions, for we realize that if our choices prove wrong, we can learn from the experience. Freedom is choosing.” – A Day at a Time, Feb 23

This is good for me. I often am very indecisive for I think the decision has to be the perfect decision. I can go round and round for days and weeks over something. If I trust my higher power and stay connected, whatever decision I make is the right one, it really just depends upon my perspective. Ilml!

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Humble Abundance

“Humility for us means staying our right size – and remembering we are as humble as we are grateful.” – Drop The Rock

I have always wanted to measure up. To be at least as good as, or better. Sometimes this pushes me to be my best, other times my ego takes over and I’m an butt-head. The difference in outcome depends whether or not I bring gratitude and God into my efforts. As long as I take the 2 G’s with me, I get “humble abundance”, and that’s the stuff life loving is made of. Love your life, ILMine!

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Waking Up… Spiritually

“My spiritual awakening continues to unfold… This is a better way to live.”

Wow how true is that. Being faith-filled and fear-free instead of fear-filled and faith free. Learning to live in gratitude and love, more and more each day rocks. And doing it with you is the bomb. Have a super-licious day! ILML!

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Focusing on Love

“Love is the most important word in the English language” -The 5 Love Languages

When I was a little boy our friends next door were Catholics and let me go with them to church. Our family was not religious. I asked my daddy once “what is God?”. He told me God is love, like how you feel when mommy holds you tight. In recovery, when choosing a higher power, love formed the basis of my belief. Always, but especially when I’m feeling sad, angry or frustrated, if I pause & focus, feel, think and act in Love/God, my life gets better. I do that a lot now, which I think, is one of the main reasons ILML!

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The Life Lovers’ Path

“Thought for the day: It takes courage to change.” – Hope for Today

Before recovery, when I had problems or was unhappy, I thought by getting someone or something to change, I could “fix” them or it and be happy. I put all my energy into it and stayed miserable. The secret is to put my energy into changing me and my attitudes through working my spiritual program of action. Ahhh, relief, finally. This easier softer way is the life lovers’ path!!! Enjoy each and ever second of today – insist on it – I sure will!!!

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Path to Happiness

“I cannot consider myself different in AA; if I do I isolate myself from others and from contact with my higher power…Today I practice being just another alcoholic in the worldwide fellowship of alcoholics anonymous”. – Daily Reflections

Choosing isolation in sobriety has resulted in stagnation and emotional pain. Learning day by day to be “a part of” is the path to happiness and fulfillment. Just by sharing this text, I can intro HP into my life today. Share one with me, and love your life!

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Look at the Best

“…when we get stuck in a rut of negativity about our mate, all the loving things that he or she is actually doing may be invisible to us. Assume the best about your partner. Otherwise you may end up throwing away something of value because you have deemed it worthless.” – YCMMA p92

This is very important for me in all relationships. When I focus on good, good happens. Along with setting healthy boundaries, it seems good relationships are inevitable with this attitude. Ilml!

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Attraction not Promotion

“If he [the teacher] is indeed wise he does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind”. – The Prophet

This is VERY challenging for me… I LOVE to dump what I THINK I know on anyone within an earshot. I want to adopt this new process and practice it in order to love my life even more!

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Gratitude with Boundaries

“in order to truly practice gratitude in love, we have to know where our limits are, what is acceptable to us. Sometimes for our own good and the good of the family, we must turn our attention to the negative behavior and set a boundary – beyond this I will not go.” – Attitudes of Gratitude p88

I have learned in the Program to set boundaries. I didn’t set boundaries nor did I respect others boundaries before. My relationships then were dysfunctional to say the least. This quote is a good reminder for me. Ilml!