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Sat, Feb 5, 2011 12:59:47 PM
‘ i am grateful that i was made so welcome at meetings that i felt comfortable ’
posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 12:59:47 PM
that gratitude did not come easily, in fact, i am surprised that i ever was welcomed at meetings at all. at least back in those dark, dank early days of recovery. i have said it before and will say it again, i am not supposed to be here. people like me, those who find every excuse to be different, usually leave recovery when the sword of forced attendance has been lifted from above their outstretched necks. as bad as i was in those days, not one person who was a member told me to get lost, in fact, they kept saying keep coming back, and i did just to spite them.
i am however, not willing to live in the memory of those gloomy days, today i choose to find the ray of whatever light there may happen to be. i am grateful that i was made welcome, and that the miracle of becoming comfortable in meetings and the fellowship happened for me. i often consider what the alternative might have been for me, when i go there, i come back to the reality that it DID NOT HAPPEN, and i found a home in the fellowship whose members understand who and what i am. i am grateful that i figured out how to let go of what i thought i was and become who i am. right here, i could put in a plug for destiny and a plan beyond my understanding, i am not feeling that this morning, so instead of writing what is not i will return to what is.
which is not a whole lot more. i am strangely lacking ideas or words, so i think it is time to close this down and head on to my next task for this afternoon.
i am however, not willing to live in the memory of those gloomy days, today i choose to find the ray of whatever light there may happen to be. i am grateful that i was made welcome, and that the miracle of becoming comfortable in meetings and the fellowship happened for me. i often consider what the alternative might have been for me, when i go there, i come back to the reality that it DID NOT HAPPEN, and i found a home in the fellowship whose members understand who and what i am. i am grateful that i figured out how to let go of what i thought i was and become who i am. right here, i could put in a plug for destiny and a plan beyond my understanding, i am not feeling that this morning, so instead of writing what is not i will return to what is.
which is not a whole lot more. i am strangely lacking ideas or words, so i think it is time to close this down and head on to my next task for this afternoon.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
3) He who possesses the mother of the state may continue long. His
case is like that (of the plant) of which we say that its roots are
deep and its flower stalks firm:--this is the way to secure that its
enduring life shall long be seen