Topics 11/3/24 ❤️🩹
1) “There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit.”-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 98
2) “Words are the voice of the heart.”—Confucius
What does my heart have to say today?
We will find this out if we slow down and listen to our words. We can also hear our spirit in the tone of our words. We are to meditate. Meditation is about slowing down so we can hear what our spirit is trying to tell us. Slowing down allows us to find our center. As we find our center we find our spirit and our Higher Power. ~Keep It Simple
3) “It is the calm after the storm. I feel sunshine where there once were clouds, and while my Spirit dances in gratitude, my mind speculates on the next disaster. Duality.”—Mary Casey
We are not offered a painless existence, but we are offered opportunities for gathering perspective from the painful moments. We can enjoy the calm, if that surrounds us today. We deserve the resting periods. They give us a chance to contemplate and make fully our own that which the recent storm brought so forcefully to our attention. We are powerless over the storm’s onslaught. But we can gain from it and be assured that the storm gives all the meaning there is in the calm.
I will be glad today for the clouds or the sunshine. Both are meant for my good. And without both, neither has meaning.
4) Denial is fertile breeding ground for the behaviors we call codependent: controlling, focusing on others, and neglecting ourselves. Illness and compulsive or addictive behaviors can emerge during denial.
Forcing ourselves—or anyone else—to face the truth usually doesn’t help. We won’t face the facts until we are ready. We may admit to the truth for a moment, but we won’t let ourselves know what we know until we feel safe, secure, and prepared enough to deal and cope with it. The first step toward acceptance is denial. The first step toward moving through denial is accepting that we may be in denial, and then gently allowing ourselves to move through.
God, help me feel safe and secure enough today to accept what I need to accept. ~ The Language Of Letting Go