My 12 Step Program
Sunday, June 30, 2002
Today's thought is:
Time spent attempting to change others affords little time for personal
change.
-Georgette Vickstrom
We must be willing to change or we wouldn't be reading these words
right now. However, being willing to change is often easier than doing
it. One of the biggest changes most of us need to make is learning to let
others be who they are, regardless of who we want them to be. Most of
us think our lives would be far smoother and more productive if only
other people lived up to our standards. How wrong we are!
It we could change others as we wish, we would live far less
enlightened lives. In fact, we discover opportunities for personal
development in our interactions with the men and women who frustrate
us so. The irony is that we wish they'd change, but if they did, we
wouldn't experience the growth we deserve.
I will enhance my growth today by letting others be who they are and
working on myself.
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Today's meditation comes from the book
A Woman's Spirit by Karen Casey copyright 1994
¶ 6/30/2002 11:48:00 AM
Time spent attempting to change others affords little time for personal
change.
-Georgette Vickstrom
We must be willing to change or we wouldn't be reading these words
right now. However, being willing to change is often easier than doing
it. One of the biggest changes most of us need to make is learning to let
others be who they are, regardless of who we want them to be. Most of
us think our lives would be far smoother and more productive if only
other people lived up to our standards. How wrong we are!
It we could change others as we wish, we would live far less
enlightened lives. In fact, we discover opportunities for personal
development in our interactions with the men and women who frustrate
us so. The irony is that we wish they'd change, but if they did, we
wouldn't experience the growth we deserve.
I will enhance my growth today by letting others be who they are and
working on myself.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Today's meditation comes from the book
A Woman's Spirit by Karen Casey copyright 1994
¶ 6/30/2002 11:48:00 AM
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
Saturday, June 22, 2002
1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
¶ 6/22/2002 08:08:00 PM
2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
¶ 6/22/2002 08:08:00 PM
Friday, June 21, 2002
Today's thought is:
A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as
well as/or the body.
- Margaret Fuller
No matter how full our social and professional lives are. we all need a
base, a place where we are at home. Whether it's a studio apartment
furnished from secondhand stores and garage sales or a luxurious
country retreat, one of our basic human urges is the need to make a
home. And our spiritual fulfillment asks that our home nourish us.
Look around: in our choices for our home we reveal what nourishes
and inspires us. Perhaps we opt for the comfortable and well-used: old
books, chairs that speak more to the back and bottom than to the eye.
Perhaps we are restless and change the way our homes look frequently.
We all use our homes to express our desires.
Are we neglecting "food and fire for the mind"? Sometimes we
misinterpret inertia as comfort. Are we giving our minds a wholesome
environment?
Fuel for my spirit is never wholly consumed. Today, I will look to my
supply.
¶ 6/21/2002 05:52:00 PM
A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as
well as/or the body.
- Margaret Fuller
No matter how full our social and professional lives are. we all need a
base, a place where we are at home. Whether it's a studio apartment
furnished from secondhand stores and garage sales or a luxurious
country retreat, one of our basic human urges is the need to make a
home. And our spiritual fulfillment asks that our home nourish us.
Look around: in our choices for our home we reveal what nourishes
and inspires us. Perhaps we opt for the comfortable and well-used: old
books, chairs that speak more to the back and bottom than to the eye.
Perhaps we are restless and change the way our homes look frequently.
We all use our homes to express our desires.
Are we neglecting "food and fire for the mind"? Sometimes we
misinterpret inertia as comfort. Are we giving our minds a wholesome
environment?
Fuel for my spirit is never wholly consumed. Today, I will look to my
supply.
¶ 6/21/2002 05:52:00 PM
Friday, June 14, 2002
Satan Attacks When He May Lose A Servant
It's my opinion that when life is at it's best..............when you are doing your best to be in God's will.............you are helping others................peace is at hand.............that Satan (yes I believe in an evil power) attacks.
I think that is when I need to pray all the more. To be in God's will, not mine. For HIS will to be done, not mine.
I am blessed. My family is blessed. I claim that blessing and the VICTORY. ¶ 6/14/2002 10:24:00 PM
It's my opinion that when life is at it's best..............when you are doing your best to be in God's will.............you are helping others................peace is at hand.............that Satan (yes I believe in an evil power) attacks.
I think that is when I need to pray all the more. To be in God's will, not mine. For HIS will to be done, not mine.
I am blessed. My family is blessed. I claim that blessing and the VICTORY. ¶ 6/14/2002 10:24:00 PM
Thursday, June 06, 2002
"Don't Bypass the Moment:"
"'One day at a time...that's how we do it."
"Oh sure, I thought skeptically, that sounds great in theory, but how do you live it when what you're really telling me is that I cannot have another drink for the rest of my life?" Like most alcoholics, I found the idea of living in the present (instead of obsessing over the past or
future) very difficult to grasp.
"Thanks to A.A., I have learned how self-defeating this particular mindset is...What's the point of having a sober life if I'm not present to enjoy it?"
c. AA Grapevine, April 2001, page 23 ¶ 6/06/2002 03:37:00 PM
WOW!!! Look what I got on my Cake Page!!!! You know it is one year ago I decided not to have a drink, just this one day. God has truly blessed me and I am SO grateful!!!
¶ 6/06/2002 03:23:00 PM
Wednesday, June 05, 2002
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