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

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

01.03.07

Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts. ~12 & 12
Today I am grateful...
  • for late Christmas presents, Boston gave me A Year with Rumi. Daily readings from the thirteenth century Persian mystic. Thanks, Boston.
  • for Jim's home cooking, which I have missed since he was out of town for New Years. Last night was beef stew with homemade wide noodles.
  • for the washer and dryer right behind me
  • for the woman in the meeting yesterday who after having 17 years sobriety, drank for 3 and how has 2 months. That shit keeps it real.
  • for the new and imporved spellcheck on Blogger. Now, if Blogger would only REMEMBER ME!!!
I used to be shy. You made me sing. ~Rumi
I will be renewed. I will be remade. In this, I need God's help. His spirit shall flow through me and, in flowing through me, it shall sweep away all the bitter past. I will take heart. The way will open for me. Each day will unfold something good, as long as I am trying to live the way I believe God wants me to live. ~Twenty-Four Hours a Day

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your blog is my #1 favorite thing to read each morning. Thank you, Scott!

JJ said...

Everyday you continue to inspire me with your gratitude.
Love you bro,
JJ

Pam Jarnagin said...

"...for the woman in the meeting yesterday who after having 17 years sobriety, drank for 3 and how has 2 months. That shit keeps it real."

Yes, it does. Thanks for sharing this, and for that awesome quote from Twenty-Four Hours a Day.

Meg Moran said...

I love the line about Godd's spirit flowing "through" us...coming in and going out...we have to give it away to keep it. Thanks Scott

Mary Christine said...

I am salivating over the beef with wide noodles. I want some!

Pammie said...

thanks scott, as always.

ArahMan7 said...

Beef stew? Yum, Yum, Yummy!

Greeting from Malaysia.

Anonymous said...

what an awesome gift from scout! very awesome and i am glad you will share it with us too on your space :)

as for "That shit keeps it real.", amen to that. but for the grace of god there go i, and thank god she's back and sharing about it!!!