Assign gratitude.
I am reminded to remain humble enough to assign gratitude where it belongs in my life. I used to hold the belief that I was all important in my life. I have come to learn how my appreciation for all those involved in my life is paramount to my success. I define success as living […]
In the fullness of time.
I was reminded how God’s plan will come to fruition in the fullness of time. I used to believe I needed to wait until I was a certain age when I would feel happiness over God’s will being completed in me. I have come to discover that I am God’s will in my life. Everything […]
Finding the way
I am reminded how most of my greatest positive changes were created through some of my most difficult times. In my drinking days I would consistently do the same thing over and over again expecting the ending to be different. Even living in sobriety, I would create the same scenarios in my life and be […]
Purposeful forgetting.
I am reminded how I can continue with self-destructive behaviors with purposeful forgetting, justifications, and rationalizations. I had learned at a young age to justify lying, cheating, stealing, and a few other behaviors. At the time, as a child, I’m sure I did things in order to feel accepted, out of fear of lack, and […]
Depression
I’m reminded how I affected if not created my bouts of depression. The variety of depression I suffered in the past was self-inflicted. It was brought about as a reaction to my expectations or “needs” not being met by other people. I could feel hurt and depressed for days or weeks when I was rejected […]
What I prefer
As I go along this miracle, we call life I have encountered many things I said I hated. For example, people, places, things, situations, institutions, and principalities. I have discovered it was my hate that caused the discomfort and disharmony within me. I have moved away from hatred and realized how each to those things […]
Faces of fear
I have clear memories of feeling fear when walking up the basement stairs of my childhood home. In fact, I could make it up about half the steps and then would run the rest of the way and close the door behind me. I recall feeling fear when I would face someone in an altercation […]
Grace
I am reminded of the grace of God. I used to believe that I was in charge of converting everyone to my understanding of my religion. I was frustrated and annoyed not to mention living in arrogance and anger. It was after my most difficult dark night of the soul that I realized it was […]
The unseen
I am reminded how there is more unseen energy than there are seen material things. I believe that the Source Energy, which I choose to call God exists in the seen and the unseen. The all is the One and the One is the all. God is the unseen and the seen. The unseen and […]
Righteous anger.
I used to hold a belief which told me it was correct of me to have righteous anger towards other people, places, things, institutions, or principalities. The difficulty with this belief is that I am the first victim of my anger. I would sit and plot out revenge against whomever or whatever I thought had […]
