The material presented
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to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
today i'm posting here, just out of tiredness of being sad and hopeless. Am not feeling right inside...still a lot of anger and guilt, and disappointment and resentment. i know time will make this right, and hope and kindness will be back in place. right now there is emptiness. or is it the calm after the storm.....?
I am thankful for being able to come her and I just feel like 'giving' something healthy...at last. I guess the wounds need time to heal, and all the good will be set in place again:
Honesty with self and others,
respect with self and others
Kindness with self and others
compassion with self and others
forgiveness with self and others.
love with self and others.
Trust with self and others.
Patience with self and others.
for some reason, how big the injury has been, i find it still easier to apply these principles to others, before applying them to myself. anyway, little tortuga I LOVE YOU.
i'm in a state of mind today, I am just capable of following my HP, may he guide me where I deserve to be.
Wishing you a good day, I know many of us go to rough times and feel beaten up. PLease accept my full compassion and gratitude for having supported me in so many ways. Please don't let this disease (alcohol and codependency make your life less than it should be) Everybody here deserves to live with a shining heart, in dignity.
Oh, I understand Tortuga! You're on a beautiful path of growth right now, keep coming back! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, too, they are truly the building block of all relationships both with others and with self.
((((Tortuga)))) that is what I remember as a bottom and I also remember the feedback I got from the fellowship which generally told me "Enjoy your bottom...get a blankie and a book; a good Al-Anon Daily Reader and a cup of coffee or other beverage and get comfortable and read in the quiet of your bottom". A bottom also for me was a quiet place where I just got humble and listened to everything around me with my ears, with my eyes and with my spirit...Presently my bottoms are not nearly as deep as before and contain tons of grace and mercy. Yes s-l-o-w-l-y is one of the ways to do a bottom. ((((hugs))))
Lovely message When I complained about feeling "empty", to my sponsor many years ago she said "Wonderful now HP can fill you with all the good stuff" I liked that.
