You are…
I am physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. You are also a Divine being in a physical form which includes mental and emotional aspects. You are an amazing creation living in this 3rd dimension and experiencing life through your 5 physical senses. You are a powerful creator of your own experiences and your reactions to those […]
Being connected.
I used to believe that I was only close to God when I was in some holy place like a church, synagogue, temple, or wherever you practice your religion. I grew to understand that I could connect to God in my daily devotions, yet I would then venture out into public, and my connection failed […]
Born again?
Over the years, I have had different ideas of what it means to be born again. I have learned that being born again was not an instant change in my entire being. It was the ultimate reset button which gave me an opportunity to begin to unlearn my old beliefs and behaviors and create new […]
To heal I need others.
When I first got sober, I had experienced such a moving spiritual wakening that I believed I was able to live sober without others. As it turns out, I was relieved of the desire and obsession for alcohol, however, I was not instantly aware of how to live life as a sober person. I have […]
Emotional maturity.
As I was growing up, I created a belief system based on what I experienced. Some of the beliefs were healthy and balanced, others were not. In any case, since I did not change those beliefs, I ended up in my teens, twenties, thirties, and forties with a belief system and emotional responses of a […]
Motivation.
I am reminded that my motivation entering each experience dictates my reaction to life. When I am motivated through my ego, I will respond out of a need to control others. If I am motivated by selfishness and manipulation, then I will end up being frustrated and annoyed. When I am motivated by honesty, kindness, […]
Conversion.
It’s not what you think. I remember being told that I needed to be born again in order to be saved from hell. I was afraid of living out eternity burning in fire after I died so I did everything I could to get this conversion. The result was living a double life where I […]
In helping others.
I used to maintain the belief that helping people successfully meant they would come around to my beliefs and thoughts and begin to participate in life the way I thought they should. This was based in my egoic belief that I was right, and they were wrong. Through many different experiences some of which were […]
Giving it away.
I learned very early in my recovery journey that I needed to give away any good and helpful lessons I had learned during my healing process. Over the last few years, I have attempted to do this in a very public manner. I have even written a book of these daily writings in hopes others […]
Spirit first, material follows.
This has been one of the more difficult beliefs to accept. I have always struggled with the idea of focusing only on doing God’s will without the expectation of material gain or insistence on how the work should unfold. I have struggled with the idea of focusing only on the Divine Spirit then the material […]
