The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
In todays reading the writer remembers hearing about the twelve steps being broken into four categories: steps 1-3 about giving up (admitting powerlessness), steps 4-6 about owning up (accountability), 7-9 about making up (amends) and 10-12 about keeping up (working at personal recovery). The writer adds that when recovery feels overwhelming, its really four things that we are doing: giving up, owning up, making up and keeping up. The thought for the day reminds us that sometimes the It in Keep It Simple may be the program itself.
I appreciate this page and hadnt thought about the steps in this way before. For me, having clear steps, our slogans, simple statements are all ways to work the program in a way that feels accessible. I remember the first time I thought about making amends to people in my life I saw a list of names and just wanted to check them off. I definitely hadnt considered the process and what it entailed. Thinking of the steps broken into 4 concepts like this helps to make it all more tangible and realistic for me.
I hope everyone has a peaceful Sunday and can keep it simple today :)
Good morning Mary and thank you for your service and the daily! Happy Sunday to you and all - it's gray & rainy here - lovely day for inside activities & some comfort food!!
All I know is that when I do as suggested in this program of recovery, my life and all things just feel easier. I was one who could complicate all things or anything prior to recovery. I assumed all folks had a hidden agenda, the world was stacked against me, and a whole variety of other quite insane/negative ideas.
The steps and all the tools of this program provide me with a road-map for success as I navigate life, one day at a time. All I truly have to do is set aside my ego, practice humility, remain open, and do the next right thing for my life/day. I am most serene when I am aligned in the present, with the program steps & tools as well as my HP in my pocket.
Love and light all - make it a great day!!
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
Thank you Mary for your service! I hope that today finds you 'keeping it simple.'
I love the ESH above (thank you Iamhere and Debb).
I am finding (especially during this pandemic), that if I work on Keeping things simple, I can handle the stresses better. I don't feel so overwhelmed with my emotions. Which is good, b/c for me, feeling overwhelmed leads to inaction... and sometimes action is needed!
Happy PI Day y'all!!
"I love pie!"
"Pie gives you the sense that you are a square person... living in a square country."
"I wish I had invented pie!"
& & pie!
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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
& 
& pie!