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When I am Really working the 12th step, I am giving my love...I am giving myself with no price tag..No motive but to help and to give love and hope..to share my story and whether folks comment or not, I hope that I shed some light for at least some souls who read me...
In order for me to GET to this step and really work it I had to work on me...I had to work on sincerity, honesty and to act with humility...Principles over personalities...
Carrying this message is a gift, really of myself..No matter how many years I've been in recovery..I can make my realistic dreams real..I can share with others what the program and its fellowship has blessed me with..I stay emotionally sober by sharing freely and I have hope for the others I come into contact with..That kind of sharing is key to my spiritual health and growth
I now see that it is my HP that works through me..That I am but a servant..An instrument that the universe uses to spread the hope and the love and support/encouragement my fellow travelers need..
I get rejected, LOTS, but I keep on keeping on because it is unconditional, the 12th step..Sort of like tossing good seed into the earth..Some seeds will sprout, lots won't....Thats when acceptance kicks in for me and peaceful detachment...I keep the focus on me...Also, Live and let live Those 2 slogans are among my favorites
I'll never get tired of working my 12th step...Working this step, I have laughed and cried with many others....In it all, I notice that I FEEL..I am alive..I am OK with who and what I am, I forgive me my past mistakes and my difficulties when I first came here because they were all teaching tools with which I experienced growth..I will continue to make mistakes because I am human/imperfect, but I will learn from them..
Step 12 has also taught me to have compassion...Not everyone is going to like or accept me and that is OK....When I first arrived here in this room, I wasn't all that fond of me either..I had serious issues, but I was not gonna give up on me...I worked hard and its paying off..I am becoming someone I can actually feel good about..We all are from so many different places, cultures, etc., but we all share the same goal..To get better..To be better, and to be in a better place then we were previously...To have hope and to, hopefully, give it to others..
MIP has literally saved my life and it is for the remainder of my days here on earth, my lifeline...My home...My safe place to come when I need the love and acceptance that 12th stepping is all about
Hi Rose-Step12 is so cool: having had a spiritual awakening, I will try to carry this message to others and practice them all the time in many ways (basically). I was asking HP this morning to help me be a better person, and I have to accept my A as is. I watched this morning as she used food as her addiction fix, and I kept my mouth closed, and said the Serenity Prayer. Program is so simple and so hard . It makes logical sense to me, yet I always have so much to learn and practice. I, too, will keep on keeping on, because my life is enhanced in a positive way. Thanks for you share this morning, Lyne
Thank you for working your 12th Step! You carry your message, and I gain something with each post! I am always grateful!
Peace & Love
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"The wolf that thrives, is the one you feed." - Cherokee legend
"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness." Mary Oliver
