IF THE ONLY PRAYER YOU SAID IN YOUR LIFE WAS "THANK YOU", THAT WOULD SUFFICE. ~Meister Eckhart

Thursday, June 22, 2006

06.22.06

For an alcoholic, drinking alcohol is like dancing with a gorilla; you're only finished dancing when the gorilla says so. ~Tom W.

Today I am grateful...
  • to have been given a reprieve from the self constructed prison I made for myself
  • that although my memory is frustratingly shot, my brain still functions
  • for my sobriety of 948 days
  • that today I will strive to not take you or anyone else for granted
  • that regardless of belief, a spiritual being is still a spiritual being

You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . .'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity. The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development. ~Bill W., letter 1955

6 comments:

dAAve said...

This reminds me of the 12/12 definition of humility on page 58.

jake said...

nice, very nice.....I like it....It takes what it takes to keep us here....HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE....

Shannon said...

I just recently read that

Sunshine said...

I'm glad we're not dancing with the gorilla today!

Mike said...

I have a friend who says that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience.

Gooey Munster said...

I absolutley love our founding fathers.