Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Where Is Your Source?

Buddha asked, “If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?” All the authority you will ever need is seeded within your soul. Look there and nowhere else. ~ Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (p. 108). Hay House. Kindle Edition.
We are a kit, from the beginning
having what we need
for a full, satisfying, fulfilling life,
the spirit, truth, essence innate to us
is the Ruler of the universe,
the essence of life itself.
Where is your source?
I’ve said here before.
“God is in you and me
like the ocean in a wave,
not like a blueberry in a muffin.”
God is Omnipotent,
Omniscient
and Omnipresent.
If you do not get it from yourself,
where will you go for it?
All the authority
you will ever need
is seeded within your soul.
Look there and nowhere else.

Monday, June 29, 2020

I Get the Message!

Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings. ~ Leviticus 2:13. NIV, Holy Bible, eBook (p. 98). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.
The doctor told me to get plenty of salt,
my husband declared he didn’t realize
I was boycotting salt, basing that on my saying
I didn’t salt my morning oatmeal.
Now my morning reading chimes in!
Isn’t it fascinating how the message
is hammered home when it’s introduced?
My Higher Power takes care of me.
What is the universe trying to tell you?
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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Relating to Others

Let us always love the best in others—and never fear their worst. ~ AA World Services Inc. As Bill Sees It. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
Are you confident enough
in your own skin to follow
this advice of Bill W.?
Loving the best in others
is easy. But “never fear their worst.”
may be a terrifying idea.
Are you that comfortable
in your own skin?
Do you believe you can
never fear the worst
of people you know or meet?
I find it easier to pair the wisdom
that all that is not love is fear
with the admonition as to their fear.
Only by responding to fear with love
can we break the escalating anger
that so threatens our world!
Let us always love the best in others—
and never fear their worst.

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Recovery ANYWHERE!!

What a vacation this turned out to be! I explained my food program to the cook, and she weighed, measured, and served every one of my meals. Total abstinence! We found one more friend of Bill W. and the four of us watched the sun rise every morning, sipping coffee and sharing in a very casual Twelve-Step meeting. I know that I can deal with my feelings today without shoving something in my mouth. One day at a time at home, work, or even on vacation, I have my Higher Power, the tools, and the Twelve Steps to help me live my life. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. Abstinence, Second Edition: Members of Overeaters Anonymous Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope. Overeaters Anonymous. Kindle Edition.
It’s travel time…maybe.
Perhaps it’s a trip or outing
you’ve never before considered
before these unique times.
But that doesn’t require
a break in abstinence.
These are unique times
and rules change but if you ask
you can eat what you need to.
A friend of mine asked for her food
and was served a showcase of a meal,
maybe not as many vegetables
as she would have chosen,
but nothing not on her plan.
Ask for what you need
and look for opportunities
to be with Recovery people
to be your family of choice
as you are powerless together!


Friday, June 26, 2020

Rekindle an Inner Light

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. ~ Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Who has rekindled your inner light?
How did that happen?
Do you need your inner light rekindled?
Who can do that?
How do you think it might happen?
What can you do to start the process?

Thursday, June 25, 2020

What Does God Call You?

What Does God Call You?….
Can you allow God to call you “darling,” I asked her; “little one” or “sweetheart?” Can you be the child who gladdens your Higher Power’s heart at the mere sight of you? Can you conceive of God as a great heart rather than a great punisher? ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Seeking the Spiritual Path: A Collection from Lifeline. Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
J. B. Phillips in my childhood
and youth declared boldly,
Your God is too Small. He begins
with the guilty conscience,
varying between morbidly developed
in the sensitive person
and easily ignored and silenced
by the insensitive, making
a very unsatisfactory god.
He considers social mores,
parental influence, God
as a very old-(fashioned)
gentleman living in Heaven.
“Meek and mild” and
a “God in the Box” who pops up
suddenly. And on and on.
Can you conceive of a caring god,
God as a great heart
rather than a great punisher?
We’re accustomed to the idea
of God as we understand God
but are you comfortable
considering how God understands you?
Isn’t that part of God as we understand God?
What Does God Call You?

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Where Are YOU?

It is a sure sign we’re moving on when we say, “Here is what I think,” rather than “This is what they think”; “Here is what I feel,” rather than “This is what they feel.” Reality includes many things that are cruelly unfair, but freedom roots in reality and nowhere else. ~ Larsen, Earnie. Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children (Hazelden Meditations) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Freedom roots in reality and nowhere else.
Do you look everywhere else, needing to copy
or at least to get ideas as to where you should be?
Do you need to know what the majority believes
or at least the person you’re speaking to
or perhaps someone you want yo impress,
or can you go straight to, “This is where I stand”?
Do you think or speak constantly of someone else
in your life now or who used to be. Do you
let the past control the present?
Are you willing to change what you can change
and seek healing and forward movement?
Maybe you cannot say (and mean)
“It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.”*
But can you say, “I  am here
and I can move through this
with the Power to which I have surrendered.”?
*Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

One-Day-at-a-Time

I know this is a one-day-at-a-time solution, but I also know that God promises me permanent recovery if I continue to do the things each day that have kept me well so far. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Taste of Lifeline. Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
All we have is now
but now built on now built on now
puts together a lifetime of Recovery.
And as we build a pattern of days,
each new day becomes closer and closer
to permanent Recovery.
We build a pattern of days based
on doing the next right thing.
The actions become habits
and we continue to do what worked yesterday
and the day before that until we find ourselves
living lives of Recovery!

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Scientific Prayer

It [Christianity] teaches the efficacy of Scientific Prayer to reshape one’s whole life for health, harmony, and spiritual development. By Scientific Prayer we mean the Practice of the Presence of God. ~ Fox, Emmet. Find and Use Your Inner Power (p. 31). New Albany. Kindle Edition.
“Efficacy” means the ability to produce
a desired or intended result.
Scientific Prayer here is defined as
“the Practice of the Presence of God.”
Emmet Fox thrived in the 30’s and 40’s
and elsewhere said, “in scientific prayer
it is God who works, and not you,
and so your particular limitations or weaknesses
are of no account in the process.
He also wrote: ‘Knead love into
the bread you bake;
wrap strength and courage
in the parcel you tie
for the woman with the weary face;
hand trust and candor
with the coin you pay
to the man with the suspicious eyes.’
This is beautifully said,
and it sums up the
Practice of the Presence of God.
I cannot define scientific prayer
but I can try to live it.
Emmett Fox

Passive or Bold?

Boldness is the opposite of passivity. To be bold means to choose our destination, to set our own course, and to be brave enough to correct that course if we decide it’s not taking us where we want to go. To be bold is to act—not with ruthless aggression—but with determined energy. It is to reach out and move toward what we are seeking rather than waiting for it to magically materialize. ~ Larsen, Earnie. Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children (Hazelden Meditations) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.
To be bold is to act with determined energy.
It is to reach out and move toward what we seek.
Boldness is not being passive while waiting,
hoping for what we desire for magically to materialize.
What is your nature? Mine is temerity,
standing by. If you’re the same,
how do we move forward?
We begin by recognizing our feelings
and by beginning to verbalize them.
Pick an easy group or person with whom to begin
expressing your wishes and be consistent.
Use more assertive body language.
Remind yourself you’re in control of your reactions.
Believe you deserve to be right.
Practice looking in a mirror saying no.
Speak clearly and firmly.
Repeat their position then directly
state your own needs and desires.
Say yes only when you mean it.
Are you ready to try it in a situation.
I will if you will.
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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Recovery Commencement Prayers

I realized God was not going to do for me what I could do for myself. So my biggest prayer became: “God, give me the willingness to abstain, be teachable and work the Steps. God, give me the willingness to forgive and to ask for forgiveness. Give me the willingness to accept myself as I am—as I hope to be.” I prayed that God’s will would be done in my life. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. Abstinence, Second Edition: Members of Overeaters Anonymous Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope. Overeaters Anonymous. Kindle Edition.
God, grant me ... the courage to change
the things I can!! Let me be willing
to let you give me abstinence,
let me be teachable. Give me
willingness to forgive and the grace
to accept forgiveness when I need it.
May I be an instrument of your peace
and may Your will be done in my life.
Amen. So be it!

Thursday, June 18, 2020

My Side of the Street

Our own fulfillment is the by-product of the accumulation of our own responsible actions. Others’ actions need not concern us. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women (Hazelden Meditations) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Do you ever tell yourself
it’s none of your business?
Can you evaluate your choices
without considering what others did?
Do you feel it essential to rate
your choices by comparison to others?
If your actions were responsible,
would you benefit from comparison
or would that result only in ego or shame?

Live Gratitude

As we express our gratitude we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. ~ John F. Kennedy
How do we acquire an Attitude of Gratitude
ti the extend we don’t express gratitude
but live it? An attitude of gratitude means
making it a habit to express
thankfulness and appreciation
in all parts of our life, on a regular basis,
for big and small things alike.
Lewis Howes says,
“If you concentrate on what you have,
you’ll always have more.”

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

A Halo or a Noose?

As musician Dan McKinnon put it, “It takes only a short fall for a halo to become a noose.” ~ Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (p. 60). Hay House. Kindle Edition.
Songfacts.com says,
“This is about what drugs do to you
and how you perceive them.
This song is about someone
who has had a drug or drinking problem
and went through the steps to get rid of it.
Once free of the addiction
this person denies he ever even had a problem.
The song is a wake-up call
to people like that,
reminding them that they did have a problem
and they shouldn’t just erase it from their memory.*
Are you a longtime 12-Stepper?
Are you powerless over fill-in-the-blank?
If your gut answer is no,
does that mean your noose is waiting?
Are you sure? What will you do?
 *https://www.songfacts.com/facts/a-perfect-circle/the-noose
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

What Is Your Brain Trained to See?

Moments don’t always have to be momentous. The richness of your life is about what you see, and you see what your brain is trained to see. ~ Ironmoe
What are you training your mind to see?
What do you look for? The pleasant
or the ugly? Who would look for the ugly?
Is there a part of society who expect negativity,
who see a negative direction that is  self-fulfilling?
Or do you expect beauty, love, a positive advancement?
It is said all is either an expression or evidence of fear.
It’s your choice to make. The richness of your life
is about what you see,
and you see what your brain is trained to see.
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Monday, June 15, 2020

Acknowledge Only Truth

We can best address the chaos by ignoring it. We can foster meaningful healing by contributing to and acknowledging only peace. ~ Casey, Karen. Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course (Hazelden Meditations) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Would you agree we’re living amid chaos?
Are you able to ignore it?
Do you feel compelled to voice an opinion?
Are you embarrassed if you decline to?
How do we heal the world?
Do you think it will heal if you speak up,
pleasing some, antagonizing others?
Do you believe we foster meaningful healing
by contributing to and acknowledging only peace?
May God lead us heal the chaos!

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Hula Hoop Treasures

I can only handle what’s in my hula hoop. ~ D. K.
My sister’s mother-in-law
once commented she and her sisters
thought their parents could do anything!
All this time later I recall the description
and see the wisdom it held.
As to Daddy though, it was not true.
He once took my Timex watch apart
to repair but could not put it back together.
He was horrible at remembering names,
could not get stink-bait to stay on a hook
and he tried the hula hoop we had
and could not keep it spinning!
To be honest I inherited his name retention
and couldn’t do the hula hoop either.
I wish I could try one now but
I expect it’s still true. But this comment
in a Recovery meeting quickly
became a truth with which
I can totally identify!
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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Help Me Enjoy the Joy

There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless. So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun. ~ Ecclesiastes 8:14-15 NIV
What, me worry?
Sometimes it feels like
simple people have it easy,
they don’t understand
the nuances.Or the themes.
They just live lives, not of quiet desperation,
but of simple joy.
The adoration of a dog,
warmth of the sun,
gentle soaking rain.
Would that I didn’t understand
what’s happening some days.
Yet the dog loves me, the sun’s warm,
rains still fall.
Intellect doesn’t stop the good stuff.
It just diverts my attention.
God, thanks for small joys.
Help me to enjoy the joy.

Friday, June 12, 2020

Impossibly Possible

Start by doing what is necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. ~ Francis of Assisi
Do you do what’s possible?
As much as is possible?
Are you mentally present
as you do what you’re doing
or is your mind on the next task
or the fifteen one after the next?
As you do the right thing
and seek to be infinitesimally better
faster, more than yesterday’s right thing
you multiply the accomplishment over time.
Suddenly you have accomplished
the impossible by doing the best possible
time after time.





Thursday, June 11, 2020

Go Boldly

Boldness is the opposite of passivity. To be bold means to choose our destination, to set our own course, and to be brave enough to correct that course if we decide it’s not taking us where we want to go. To be bold is to act—not with ruthless aggression—but with determined energy. It is to reach out and move toward what we are seeking rather than waiting for it to magically materialize. ~ Larsen, Earnie. Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children (Hazelden Meditations) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Do you hesitate to go boldly? I do.
I tend to tread lightly,
to imagine a YIELD sign facing me.
I live a life of “Mother, May I?”
Why would I choose my destination,
set my own course,
then be brave enough to correct that course?
I think back a decade to a time
I acted with determined energy,
to claiming my right to decide
rather than yielding the right.
I was recently told,
“when my sweet-natured and
sweet-tempered friends
share stories like yours,
I always tell them they need
to get a whole lot bitchier.”
Maybe it IS time for me
to act with determined energy!


Wednesday, June 10, 2020

What Do You Want?

I want to eat. I reach for the food, but what am I really reaching for? I am not hungry—not for food. I’m hungry for comfort, warmth, and inner calm. I’m hungry to be loved and have fun. I search for what to do, how to handle my issues and situation—and I reach for the food. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. Abstinence, Second Edition: Members of Overeaters Anonymous Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope. Overeaters Anonymous. Kindle Edition.
Consider your own addiction,
active or latent. What DO you want?
My default answer was food,
though I would have mislabeled it
as hunger. I would have “fixed” it
with food even when I was so bloated
I was miserable. But this is correct:
I’m hungered for comfort, warmth,
for inner calm. I hungered
to be loved and have fun.
I searched for what to do,
how to handle my issues
and the current situation
I hungered for peace, for love
but I reached for the food.
Today I’m not hungry
and that’s not because
I just ate. I’ve found my needs met
in the Rooms of Recovery
and I reach for support,
for the real needs and find
peace and comfort
beyond my wildest dreams!


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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Hurt People Hurt People

“Hurt people hurt people,” as the adage says. To put up with abuse is to abuse yourself as well as the abuser. ~ Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (p. 38). Hay House. Kindle Edition.
The solution to police malfeasance is
to abolish police? NO!!!!!Crime is a call for love.
Police malfeasance is a crime!
Crime is a call for love.
Police impropriety is a call for love.
No one connected to his true Self
would think of hurting someone else.
So while crime is ostensibly
a police issue, it [and police misconduct]
is more fundamentally a wounded-soul issue.*
Solve the issue of fear in all its forms
(all that is not love is fear.)
We can address all kinds of fear
by responding with love.
The answer to meanness
from any fearful person
is love.
‘How to handle a woman?
There’s a way, ‘ said the wise old man,
‘A way known by ev’ry woman [and man]
Since the whole rigmarole began.’
“How to handle a woman [or man]?
Mark me well, I will tell you, sir
The way to handle a woman [man]
Is to love her, simply love her[/him]
Merely love her, love her[/him], love her[/him]“**Just love!


*Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (pp. 38-39). Hay House. Kindle Edition.
**Frederick Loewe

Monday, June 8, 2020

Wonderful Stroke of Luck

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama
I remember several generations
of our family spread out in clumps,
walking off the effects
of having eaten abundantly
at a holiday meal.
Those two or three clumps back
were befuddled by snippets
of conversation grouping
“onions and prayers.”
We talked it through
and learned we heard wrong.
Garth Brooks and others
wrote the song,
“Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers.”
Isn’t that true? Brooks
explained in talking
about it, “…happiness isn’t
getting what you want,
it is wanting what you’ve got.”
What unanswered prayers
have been great gifts in your life?
Garth Brooks
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Sunday, June 7, 2020

Change Shame to Guilt

Greg said some very kind things when I told him. …I [had] watched him overcome Groundhog Day… He said turn the shame to guilt. It’s the same emotion really. Guilt is more easily managed. We tend to have more control over guilt [than] shame. So I told him I make shite decisions with food, I feel guilty over those decisions. So theoretically I can make better decisions, right? ~ MG
Anger takes many forms, but it cannot long deceive those who will learn that love brings no guilt at all, and what brings guilt cannot be love and must be anger. ~ Schucman, Dr. Helen. A Course in Miracles. Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
Guilt, shame and fear are the same emotion?
A Course in Miracles teaches only two emotions exist.
If it’s love, it comes from God. All other emotions
are forms of fear. So, how do guilt and shame compare?
Both guilt and shame are negative feelings,
but while guilt is about something
that we might have done, shame is about self.
When we feel bad about self as a person,
the feeling is a negative and harmful one and called shame.
Guilt appears to push people to act i
n a more moral way to assuage their guilt, while shame appears
to simply make someone feel bad about themselves.
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Saturday, June 6, 2020

We Are Well

Those of us who live this program don’t simply carry the message; we are the message. Each day that we live well, we are well… ~ Overeaters Anonymous. The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition (pp. 86-88). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
We each came into the rooms of Recovery
with unmanageable lives, powerless
over our obsession. We kept coming back,
some of us quickly getting the message,
understanding within a few days or weeks
the program others were passing on to us,
some seeing hope, realizing we were where we belonged,
that we had found our people. For others
it took longer but finally we became immersed,
lived the program, used the tools, took the Steps,
and gradually began to live the program
as others carried it to us and we carried it to others.
And after years as we found ourselves
living the program, we continued to carry
the message and gradually realized
we had internalized Recovery so that
we’ve become the message.
As we live lives beyond what we believed possible
we found the profound truth:
Each day that we live well, we are well.
We can wish you nothing more wondrous
than a life of Recovery!

Friday, June 5, 2020

Who's Driving?

No one can drive you crazy unless you accept the passenger’s seat. ~ Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (p. 31). Hay House. Kindle Edition.
Maybe we got confused
by the popular statement,
“If God Is Your Co-Pilot, Switch Seats.”
Of course,  that’s wise advice.
But how many of us surrender control
of our lives to the codependent
in our lives? Even if that codependent
is us! Codependency is a disorder
of a “lost self.” Codependents
have lost their connection
to their innate self.
Instead, their thinking and behavior
revolve around a person,
a substance, or a process.
Are you codependent?
Are you surrendering the drivers seat
to please someone else?
I remember a time years ago
when I gained enough confidence
to control the wheel as I sat there,
no longer frightened my passenger
would object no matter what I did.
We actually had a trip where I drove
ninety miles without the fear
and therefore without the stupid moves
I had been making during the time
I had to hold the wheel
for medical reasons.
No one can drive you crazy
unless you accept the passenger’s seat. 
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Thursday, June 4, 2020

The Taproot

The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. ~ AA World Services Inc. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (pp. 21-22). AA World Services, Inc. Kindle Edition.
Complete defeat, the taproot
from which AA and therefore
more than forty other 12-step
recovery programs sprang
and flowered? It rings true,
that admitting complete defeat
is the required starting point.
It’s the first step, the one from which
the other eleven spring.
A taproot is a large, central,
and dominant root
from which other roots sprout laterally.
Typically a taproot is somewhat straight
and very thick, is tapering in shape,
and grows directly downward.
Surely our powerlessness demonstrated
by years of vowing to willpower through
demonstrate for me and I expect for you
prove the taproot qualities of defeat!

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Finding Our Lost Truth

How could we have known that people-pleasing would strip us of our own opinions and feelings? We didn’t know we’d lose our sense of humor, our principles, or perhaps even our morals. We lost our own truth. Recovery means finding it. If a joke is funny, we laugh. If it is not, we don’t. If someone else’s statement is offensive, we can confront it or leave. If an unpopular decision has to be made, we are free to make it and go on to something else. We don’t have to please! ~ Larsen, Earnie. Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children (Hazelden Meditations) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Do you say yes to everything
asked of you in an effort
to help them feel accepted
and liked?
Do you pretend to agree
with everyone?
Do you feel responsible
for how other people feel?
How often do you apologize?
Fo you fill you schedule
with what others expect?
Do you admit when someone
hurts your feelings?
Are you uncomfortable
if someone is angry at you?
If you were told someone with your job
could not express their opinion
on any subject and could not
raise money for any cause,
would that be the best job ever?
I had that job, loved it!!!But that’s sick! It is possible
to give up people pleasing!
Start getting out
of the people-pleasing habit
by saying no to something small.
Express your real opinion
about something simple.
Or take a stand
for something you believe in.
Each step you take will help you
gain confidence in your ability
to be yourself.
News flash! We don’t have to please!


Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Learning By Heart

…learning by heart—so altogether different from learning by rote; for when we learn by heart we do not memorize the sound of words but let the images evoked by words brand our hearts like red-hot branding irons. May I continue to encounter poets and sages worthy thus to shape my imagination, my worldview, my God view, my heart’s landscape. ~ Steindl-Rast, David. 99 Blessings (p. 70). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
What words are branded on your heart?
I have a series of prayers I string together,
The Third Step Prayer, the Seventh Step,
the Serenity Prayer, and I put my hand
in yours…. After that I name family
those living and no longer here,
with people I know are needing
the hand of God. Sometimes I add affirmations…
and I shut up and listen…
I agree with Brother David, “May I continue
to encounter poets and sages
worthy thus to shape my imagination,
my worldview, my God view,
my heart’s landscape. ”
To God be the Glory!

Monday, June 1, 2020

Any Way You Give

Real generosity is generosity of the spirit. It is the feeling that you are blessed with enough of all good things, and you are happy to bless others with your overflow. “My cup runneth over” (Psalm 23:5). I coach people who say they want to help others, but they are concerned that they have little or no money to do so. I tell them that there are an infinite number of ways to give without money. You can give time, talent, attention, listening, compassion, service, space, wisdom, or skill. Money is just one venue for support. Giving of the spirit is the richest way to give. ~ Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (p. 156). Hay House. Kindle Edition.
How often do you feel your cup runneth over?
Well, probably never phrased in that verbiage!
Can you easily name five gratitudes?
Are you blessed with enough of all good things
and happy to bless others with your overflow?
Do you have time, talent, attention, listening,
compassion, service, space, wisdom, or skill
you’re willing to share? Are you willing
to give of your spirit?
Our earth is hurting. Give yourself in love!
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