โ making a difference โ
Posted: Tue, Oct 13, 2015 09:18:42 AM
i*d love to change the world, but i don*t know what do, so i leave it up to you. a quick homage to Ten Years After. of course i had to listen to that tune, as i prepared to pound out this entry, as it started rolling through my head during my morning quiet time. so i got off to work early today, and still got to write this little ditty, one of the benefits of my work from home days. as i sit here, stumbling around in this set-up, i wonder what it is i am thinking, really. can i really change the world, by making it a little less unpleasant?
the premise of the reading, or at least what i heard was that IF i make an effort to reach out and act kindly to someone else, anyone, else, the world will change as a result. the butterfly effect for sure, although being kind to one of my peers, a family member, or a random stranger, more than likely has a greater effect than a butterfly flapping its wings.
moving on, as i spoke to a friend and peer who is struggling yesterday, i realized something about how i see the world. for the first time i ever, i said and actually felt, that i could always feel the presence of the POWER that fuels my recovery in my life. although we also delved into a bit of theosophy, what my general takeaway was, is that because i live a program of active recovery, which is far more than being a member of the No Matter What Club, i get to FEEL that presence in my life. perhaps, as some of my peers have shared, that presence was always there and it was me that was closed off to it. i asked my friend, if he too felt the presence of GOD in his life, and was surprised by his answer, as he has more FAITH in his spiritual belief system than i do. i do not know if the time i took yesterday helped him to resolve his struggles in any sense of the word, but that visit did confirm what i thought i was starting to feel, namely that i can now complete my 11TH Step assignment and move along. i can finally describe and explain my spiritual worldview, without hems, haws and reaching deep into my vocabulary. i am finally starting to feel my way to that path, and as i spoke with my friend, i realized that the abundance i am being given is so much more than the power to stay clean, just for today. i am being given the opportunity to grow into a person, a human being, a man, that i never go have seen coming. it is because i have learned how to apply and implement a few of these spiritual principles that allows me to change the world, in my own butterfly wing manner.
anyhow, time to get recaffeinated and knuckle down to the task at hand, namely work, work work. it is a great day to provide something to my employers, rather than just a warm body.
the premise of the reading, or at least what i heard was that IF i make an effort to reach out and act kindly to someone else, anyone, else, the world will change as a result. the butterfly effect for sure, although being kind to one of my peers, a family member, or a random stranger, more than likely has a greater effect than a butterfly flapping its wings.
moving on, as i spoke to a friend and peer who is struggling yesterday, i realized something about how i see the world. for the first time i ever, i said and actually felt, that i could always feel the presence of the POWER that fuels my recovery in my life. although we also delved into a bit of theosophy, what my general takeaway was, is that because i live a program of active recovery, which is far more than being a member of the No Matter What Club, i get to FEEL that presence in my life. perhaps, as some of my peers have shared, that presence was always there and it was me that was closed off to it. i asked my friend, if he too felt the presence of GOD in his life, and was surprised by his answer, as he has more FAITH in his spiritual belief system than i do. i do not know if the time i took yesterday helped him to resolve his struggles in any sense of the word, but that visit did confirm what i thought i was starting to feel, namely that i can now complete my 11TH Step assignment and move along. i can finally describe and explain my spiritual worldview, without hems, haws and reaching deep into my vocabulary. i am finally starting to feel my way to that path, and as i spoke with my friend, i realized that the abundance i am being given is so much more than the power to stay clean, just for today. i am being given the opportunity to grow into a person, a human being, a man, that i never go have seen coming. it is because i have learned how to apply and implement a few of these spiritual principles that allows me to change the world, in my own butterfly wing manner.
anyhow, time to get recaffeinated and knuckle down to the task at hand, namely work, work work. it is a great day to provide something to my employers, rather than just a warm body.
∞ DT ∞