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Tracy


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Hi everyone,

the topic at our meeting today was serenity.

An old timer was sitting next to me as I shared about the first convention I attended Still very busy in my head still very very ill no serenity.  I was rushing around and this old timer took hold of my hand and said very calmly, quietly,

Tracy you know they say one day at a time sometimes we need to take one moment at a time.

It went right over my head and off I went.  Today I understand I love peace, quiet, stillness.  I have worked so hard to quiet the mental chatter and get some serenity.

The old timer smiled at my share later in her share she explained how when she started to Worry she knew she had lost control I GOT IT STRAIGHT AWAY.!!!

My mind is a little clearer today thanks to al anon I SEEK serenity this is the eward of working the programme.

wishing you all find some serenity even if it is fleeting at first.

 

hugs tracy xxxx



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hotrod


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Thank you Tracy

I can remembr thinking that I did not want serenity as it would no doubt be too boringno. What a fool.    The first time that I actually "Felt Serenity" I was stunned.  It felt so wonderful and precious.   I decided never to do anything to loose that again

I maintain my serenity now at all costs.



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I love this post Tracy because it is about finding the goal...the peace of mind and spirit, the sanity, the balance promised as a consequence of working the program.  Thank you for the wish...there is no better wish to anyone who has struggled with this disease.  No better wish at all.  I also maintain my serenity now at all cost as Betty does and so many others.  We have been given a gift for which I myself am beyond grateful.  This is what feeling blessed is all about.   ((((hugs)))) smile



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I am happy you have received that gift and have the generosity to bestow it to others, a beautiful gift of grace.  I love gettin' me some serenity!



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Debilyn


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Really liked your share here.

Tracy serenity for me is my foundation. When everything else is going on, it is always there, is my strength my cement. Its all the tools I learned from Al Anon, it's my strong faith in my HP, it is doing my best to always let love be my guide. It's the slogans and things I remember from shares for the last over ten years here at MIP.

I have to keep it going too, read literature, pray to my hp, live what I have learned to be true. I can relax and breath.

Sometimes on the walk up to my barn I stop and think, I am alone, I can feel this sense around me, under me. I know I will make things ok, and no matter what they will be, becuz of my hp I have "the stillness."

I hope yours grows and grows. love,debilyn



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