โ it has become obvious to me, that the members of this fellowship โ
Posted: Mon, Feb 3, 2014 07:57:45 AM
depend on one another for their shared experience and the broader that experience, the better.
a whole lot going on in my head today. i am disappointed that the home team forgot to show up last night in New Jersey, but hardly surprised. the silver lining, is that all the media coverage on the local stations will quickly fade to black, and the worlds at a Mile High will move on, yes a bit darker, but still mostly intact. i could be like others and say “that i had a feeling,” or “i predicted this,” but to what end. the Broncos lost and lost bad, 'nuff said, move along…
i can certainly look at this topic, from all sorts of angles, diversity that is not the Super Bowl, and i can already hear the chorus going but you said. here is my opinion, a diversity of backgrounds, life experiences and opinions is necessary for my group to flourish and for me to continue to grow in my personal program. that is not to say that any outside issues, philosophies or fellowships are at all necessary for the fellowship to thrive and my recover to have the richness of choices i need to grow.what that means, at least to me, is that the street junkie who crawled out of the dumpster to find recovery, is no less important to the homemaker who happened to like her mother's little helpers a bit too much. the fact that your path of spirituality is more mainstream than mine, is also unimportant, until i hear the words “you should” prefacing something about the path to a HIGHER POWER. right then and there, one has crossed the line to accepting diversity, to preaching a particular brand of spiritual life. i certainly respect, anyoneʼns right to find whatever path they need to, and to celebrate that path. what i detest and find oh so slimy and disgusting is someone trying to push that path, no matter how subliminally, down my throat. that is part of the reason, i am not in that other fellowship, where i started my recovery path. as i could stay on this soap box for quite some time, i think i will leave it with this, it always amazes how thin-skinned some members can get when it comes to looking at alternatives, myself included. my take on that is, if it is not in the literature than it is not part of my recovery program. BUT if it is part of one's life experience and shared that way, it is not only appropriate, but might even save my bacon someday. oh yeah, before i go:
a whole lot going on in my head today. i am disappointed that the home team forgot to show up last night in New Jersey, but hardly surprised. the silver lining, is that all the media coverage on the local stations will quickly fade to black, and the worlds at a Mile High will move on, yes a bit darker, but still mostly intact. i could be like others and say “that i had a feeling,” or “i predicted this,” but to what end. the Broncos lost and lost bad, 'nuff said, move along…
i can certainly look at this topic, from all sorts of angles, diversity that is not the Super Bowl, and i can already hear the chorus going but you said. here is my opinion, a diversity of backgrounds, life experiences and opinions is necessary for my group to flourish and for me to continue to grow in my personal program. that is not to say that any outside issues, philosophies or fellowships are at all necessary for the fellowship to thrive and my recover to have the richness of choices i need to grow.what that means, at least to me, is that the street junkie who crawled out of the dumpster to find recovery, is no less important to the homemaker who happened to like her mother's little helpers a bit too much. the fact that your path of spirituality is more mainstream than mine, is also unimportant, until i hear the words “you should” prefacing something about the path to a HIGHER POWER. right then and there, one has crossed the line to accepting diversity, to preaching a particular brand of spiritual life. i certainly respect, anyoneʼns right to find whatever path they need to, and to celebrate that path. what i detest and find oh so slimy and disgusting is someone trying to push that path, no matter how subliminally, down my throat. that is part of the reason, i am not in that other fellowship, where i started my recovery path. as i could stay on this soap box for quite some time, i think i will leave it with this, it always amazes how thin-skinned some members can get when it comes to looking at alternatives, myself included. my take on that is, if it is not in the literature than it is not part of my recovery program. BUT if it is part of one's life experience and shared that way, it is not only appropriate, but might even save my bacon someday. oh yeah, before i go:
Aaron F,
Congrats on SIX years of
“One Day At a Time”
Thanks for hanging out, No Matter What!
∞ DT ∞