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It seems that every milestone I reach, something changes in me. I guess that is the way it is supposed to be. One of my friends, actually my sponsor is celebrating 40 years this weekend. I hope she doesn't mind me saying so. I have been able to reflect on my 40th bday lately. It was a very difficult time for me but now that I am over the hump I feel so much better. I have matured a lot since then. I feel freer & more settled in after the last 3 1/2 years. When I turned 30, I thought I knew it all & felt like I had arrived when in reality the changes & growing had just began. I hope that whoever reads this, enjoys each milestone--it isn't just another year, it is a state of mind & being--does that make sense? Am I getting too deep? I am hoping to live in the present daily but remembering each new decade is interesting & enlightening! Now it is a new decade for all of us! 2010 came in so fast & furious but I think it "has" to get better & I am counting on it! I figure that it could get worse but I want to believe otherwise! Take care all! Don't let life trip you up, & if it does don't fall! Kathleen
Aloha Hoot...For me you have grown and have good stuff to share. I relate to getting here in my thirties (seven) and not knowing anything that would or could be worked for my benefit. I didn't know how much or what trouble I was in and therefore was immature regarding knowing how to live with good choices for myself or within groups. For me also the program changed and then saved my life. I found the doors on 2/8/79 and have an anniveresay coming up soon however it is about the daily walk and practice of this program...steps, traditions, slogans, new awarenesses and the 24/7 practice of my meditation focus, "God is". The greastest Milestone for me is when i walked into the rooms of Al-Anon I found that I wasn't alone. I found sooo many others who knew and knew that they knew what was and had happened to their lives and all of them were willing to give it away to me for free. Now this is what true family is about. It's not about blood...it's about unconditional love.
Keep coming back...HN and keep sharing. I am only one of the people it has made a difference with. Mahalo. (((((hugs)))))
