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gjm 07/14/2009

Thought for the day.

Sometimes, the way is not clear.

Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed.

This is the time to stop, ask for guidance from you God or HP and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then let it go. The path will show its self. The next step shall be revealed. We don't have to know now. We will know in time. Trust that. Let go and trust.

Today i will wait if the way is not clear. I will trust that out of the chaos will be clarity.

gjm 07/14/2009

I feel very grateful to have my HP in my life today. For myself its what this reading is about.

To Recovery friends.

nodp2day 07/14/2009

Sometimes all it takes is a pause before the next step. The direction to take will make itself plain.

m8bear 07/14/2009

I like this because it is about the hope......we don't always know why things are happening, we just have to trust our HP and know they will be ok.

gjm 07/14/2009

Kate so true.
Its OK to be OK today

m8bear 07/14/2009

Thanks for posting these gjm, it is nice to discuss them and get different takes on them.

deleted_user 07/14/2009

Nod, maybe you'll be able to relate to this. When I was a detox charge nurse, I also had the pleasure of my sponsor also working there as a prn therapist. In the middle of a full unit of psych & cd patients regular stuff, we were in the middle of 7 admissions. I was up to my ass in alligators! My sponsor walks up to me in the middle of all this chaos and tells me to go to the back room to pause and ask God for guidance. I looked at her like she had a third eyeball. I went to the back room, paused, then went back to the stressful environment.

It was this kind of direction I got from all my sponsors and after awhile, they didn't have to tell me to do it, it became one of the tools in my spiritual kit!

gjm 07/14/2009

That's pretty powerful.

deleted_user 07/14/2009

bump for someone.........

deleted_user 07/14/2009

Hokte, I'll take this bump! Thank you!

This is my peace today! I'm so glad I didn't miss it!

Gary, thanks for sharing. So needed to hear this today!

deleted_user 07/15/2009

I love Hazeldon. I did not stay at one of their treatment centers but know many who have.
I read one of their daily affirmation books for people with chronic illness. You'd be amazed how much it mirrors the concepts and suggestions of AA and the daily reflections even though it's not meant for people with addictions or alcoholism.

deleted_user 07/15/2009

This reading is just what I need, I have been living by this theory for a few months now, and it certainly is getting me through.I had to make some decisions and still am, but I certainly havent been alone. Most of the time I am doing the footwork and my HP/God is doing the rest.

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