Today I am grateful...
- for rumors that someone close to me found employment. Actually it isn't a rumor, he told me and we just haven't yet discussed it.
- to be able to chat with Boston and So at the same time
- that Janet has joined the blogosphere. Go say hello.
- that last night the bed linens were the perfect weight and temperature
- to have finally finished an arts and crafts design last night that has been making me crazy
- that usually I can place principles before personalities
As I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt confused because I wasn't sure what it was that I was feeling, and then I realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it come from? Then I realized it had come ". . .as the result of these steps." The program may not always be easy to practice, but I had to acknowledge that my serenity had come to me after working the Steps. As I work the Steps in everything I do, practicing these principles in all my affairs, now I find that I am awake to God, to others, and to myself. The spiritual awakening I have enjoyed as the result of working the Steps is the awareness that I am no longer alone. -12 and 12, p. 106
God knows my needs and sustains me.
6 comments:
Placing principles before personalities sometimes becomes like the serenity prayer for me: I have to say it over and over to make it stick!
Have a good weekend.
Sireene, I still struggle with it at times, and am by no means cured from my own grandiosity.
i'm thankful that i've only experienced people not practicing principles before personalities a couple times. it upsets me, though i know we've all done it.
Sometimes I actually have to repeat "principles before personalities" in my head over and over when I find myself thinking the other way. Love you bro.
I see you,
JJ
none of us are cured... thats for sure.. we are a lot (or sometimes a little better) than we used to be... and either way thats better...good post, have great day Scoot, I like how you always post so many positive things... when I read your blog and am having a bad day I remember that there are many things to be grateful for, even when the shit is hitting the fan, or whatever... you know, thanks
shannon
Thank you, Scott. you always find the most beautiful passages in the literature. It was good to see you today.
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