Today after church, a woman who is older than I am came up to me, and when I told her I was so tired after a long autumn of moving to a new house, lots of responsibilities over the holidays, and that I keep asking God to help me with my being tired, she said: "Stop!" She was reminding me to stop what I am doing to get back in touch with myself. As an ACA, this is not easy for me. when I get stressed, I stress myself more. I want to please everyone. I obsess. I get depressed. And the depression scares me. But her words were a bit of wisdom for me. I will have to think about how I can stop right now in my life, maybe take some time away, go on retreat, come back to myself. It seems as if even my prayers are bouncing off of me, but I know from experience that God hears even these prayers, even when I am so out of touch with myself. Thanks for being here, all of you. I am so grateful for you, for the people at my face to face meeting, and for this program. Blessings, meb

(((meb))) boy do i relate. Thanks for sharing. Stopping often feels so selfish but it's often the right thing to do. someone here once told me when i feel off base like that i should stop and do the opposite of what i would normally do - it's bound to work out for the better. That has turned out to be so true! Happy New Year to you. Kristen

Funny how HP will choose so many different ways and people through which to speak to us.

Thanks for sharing this reminder.

Bob

(((mebjk)))
Thank you for sharing -this got me thinking about something I was told more then once, there are times people come into our life as an "angel" Sort of as if they were sent to bring that certain message at that exact moment we need it, they are there for a reason (in my opinon)..
Perhaps this elder woman was your angel today? I realte, and also think we tend to be people pleasers by nature. Please remeber to place "yourself" on top of "your" list.
Wishes, Tracey