higher power

Higher Power – a meditation

  When I fear the unknown You feel like home, you feel like home You put my feet back on the ground, Did you know you brought me around? You were sweet and you were sound You saved me Zero 7 — Somersault I do not know where or when I got the idea that pain…

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leaving – a guest meditation by Hillery

  “You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted.  But mostly they’re darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out?  Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win? And IF…

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grace – a meditation

    I do not at all understand the mystery of grace—only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamotte     What is grace? A definition that I like is “God’s undeserved favor.” Grace comes to me when I least expect it, and usually…

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sponsor – a meditation

  The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, when you are near or with them. Charles Bukowski When I came into the program for the first time, I was terrified of the idea of asking someone to be my Sponsor. I didn’t know…

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ego – a meditation

  The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Eckhart Tolle When I was early in my program of recovery, someone once told me that I am not my feelings, I am not my thoughts. I remember thinking “what the heck does that mean??” I had not yet understood…

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