Good
morning People! It's Thursday and a great day for recovery in the state of
Florida. Go to a meeting, spread some love and hope and work your program! Make
a gratitude list and truly think about what you are writing down and what you
have to be grateful for, we ask for grace today as we pray for those in
recovery and their families.
This
is one of my favorite parts in the book, “From Survival to Recovery”:
If
we willingly surrender ourselves to the spiritual discipline of the Twelve
Steps, our lives will be transformed. We will become mature, responsible
individuals with a great capacity for joy, fulfillment, and wonder. Though we
may never be perfect, continued spiritual progress will reveal to us our
enormous potential. We will discover that we are both worthy of love and
loving. We will love others without losing ourselves, and will learn to accept
love in return. Our sight, once clouded and confused, will clear and we will be
able to perceive reality and recognize truth. Courage and fellowship will replace
fear. We will be able to risk failure to develop new, hidden talents.
Our lives, no matter how battered and
degraded, will yield hope to share with others. We will begin to feel and will
come to know the vastness of our emotions, but we will not be slaves to them.
Our secrets will no longer bind us in shame. As we gain the ability to forgive
ourselves, and our families and the world, our choices will expand.
With
dignity we will stand for ourselves, but not against our fellows. Serenity and
peace will have meaning for us, as we allow our lives and the lives of those we
love to flow day by day with God’s ease, balance and grace. No longer
terrified, we will discover we are free to delight in life’s paradox, mystery,
and awe. We will laugh more. Fear will be replaced by faith, and gratitude will
come naturally as we realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we
cannot do for ourselves. (From Survival to Recovery)
This
video: Oh my Lord! don't miss it;
another version of The Chain Breaker. I'm posting separate and with prayer post
so those who need it will see it. Many moms will relate to this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_xxmXdQz4
Thanks for this post, Donna. That video is amazing. I love the song. It's new to me. Oh, How I thank G-d for breaking my chains and for the 12 Steps of Recovery. All the promises have come true for me. I believe He will break the chains for my loved ones.
ReplyDeleteI love you, sister.
When are we ever going to get together again, dear Gail?
ReplyDeleteLife seems to get in the way of living.