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MajestyJo · 05-22-2016, 11:36 AM

Another Chance

How often we wish for another chance
to make a fresh beginning.
A chance to blot out our mistakes
And change failure into winning.

It does not take a new day
To make a brand new start,
It only takes a deep desire
To try with all our heart.

To live a little better
And to always be forgiving
And to add a little sunshine
To the world in which we're living.

So never give up in despair
And think that you are through,
For there's always a tomorrow
And the hope of starting new.

by Helen Steiner Rice

MajestyJo · 06-04-2016, 06:49 PM

MajestyJo · 06-09-2016, 08:06 AM

TRY SMILING

When the weather suits you not,
Try smiling.
When your coffee isn’t hot,
Try smiling.
When your neighbors don’t do right,
Or your relatives all fight,
Sure ‘tis hard, but then you might
Try smiling.
Doesn’t change the things ,of course–
Just smiling.
But it can not make them worse—
Just smiling.
And it seems to help your case,
Brightens up a gloomy place,
Then, it sort o’ rests your face—
Just smiling,

Unkown

MajestyJo · 06-14-2016, 08:04 PM

Balance material and spiritual

"What is [the role of money] in the search for meaning? Is our relationship to it one of the chief factors that keeps us in our prison, or could it also be a tool for breaking out, for awakening to a life filled with intensity of purpose?"

-- Jacob Needleman

Our personality has a need for security. As a human in a material world, we need money to survive. If we don’t have enough for basics, our lives cannot function. At the same time, with too much emphasis on the material, we lose the spiritual awareness that brings meaning and fulfillment. The key lies in the balance.

What draws most of your attention, time and energy: spiritual growth or money? Reflect on (or better yet, journal on) the balance or lack of balance of these two in your life.

"Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."

-- Henry David Thoreau

"View money and things not as something you create to fill a lack, but as tools to help you more fully express yourself and realize your potential."

-- Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer

Received from Higher Awareness - used with permission

MajestyJo · 06-26-2016, 02:25 AM

Quote:

"If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words."

-- Chinese Proverb

What passes over your lips each day?

Are your words typically negative, critical, gossiping, deceptive,
illusory, justifying, blaming, manipulative and argumentative? Are
they more uplifting, inspirational, positive, questioning, beautiful,
loving, universal, truthful, accepting and supportive?

The throat is our center of _expression. Who we are sneaks out in our attitudes and in what we say.

"Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs."

-- Pearl Strachan Hurd

"The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold."

-- Bible

Found this on my site Soundness of Mind and part of a reading from Higher Awareness.

My first thought was my fingers instead of your lips. My fingers do most of my talking in today. Not only to others but to my son on FB.

It gave me pause for thought. Two of my biggest character defects were/are rationalization and justification. It is better in today and yet I can still go there.

I try to carry a positive message and yet I know I can still go into that "Oh woe is me" way of thinking.

Sometimes it isn't what we say but what we don't say! Am I being completely honest in today?

I was told, "Your body language speaks volumns." There are a lot of Energy Vampires out there, it is amazing how the sound and meaning behind the words can hurt others.

MajestyJo · 07-05-2016, 05:15 PM

My favorite slogan is "Let it begin with me."

It reminds me that my recoveryis about me and not about the other person. No matter what someone says or does, it is about me, my thoughts and my actions.

The slogan that has probably helped me the most and has helped me to change my old habits and behaviors is "Hesitate and Meditate." Stop before I think and react.

With it goes the slogan "Listen to Learn, Learn to Listen." It was always about me and what I needed. I had to learn to stop and listent to others and to what they had to say. Sometimes the best way you can help somone is to just listen to them.

But for the Grace of God - I would not be here. My name in real life means God's Gracious Gift. I did not think it was so for many years. I used and abused myself and allowed others to do so. I had to come to realize that I was loved, that this second chance at life was given to me, it was up to me to give back to others, the special gift that I had been given.

MajestyJo · 07-05-2016, 05:18 PM

A slogan that I have problems with is "Easy Does It...but do it!" I seem to always go gung-ho at anything I do (except dishes), and I put all my energy into it, and then after go, go, going, I crash and go boom.

So it is easy does it, do what you need to do when you need to do it! Many times, I would go so easy, I wouldn't get it done! I have never been good at doing things a little at a time. I don't even like to put a book down after I start reading it.

MajestyJo · 07-10-2016, 03:07 PM

Quote:

What do the recovery symbols mean?

The Camel- A figure of perserverance that shows us how to walk through the day with our head held high, and stay for this day completely dry.

Unity Symbol - A mark of wholeness in recovery through unity, recovery, and service.

Sailboat - A reminder that we can't control the direction of the wind, but we can always adjust our sails.

Amethyst - Once believed to ward off the effects of alcohol, the name of this symbol means "not drunken" in Greek

Butterfly - an image of rebirth and the light and beauty that can emerge from a cacoon of darkness and isolation.

Originally posted by BW on another site, hope she doesn't mind me sharing her post here.

Thank you for sharing this. I was given a camel with a rhinestone in it's eye early in recovery. I was told it meant that you could go long periods of time without drinking. I like your definition too.

In D. J. Conway's book, butterfly's attributes are: Reincarnation, beauty, love. Transformation of the personality and life. Understanding wher eyou are in the cycle of your life and using it to the fullest. Divination concedrning future events that have a bearing on your cycle of life and rebirth.

JaneAnn Dow says that Amythests develop intuition and aid meditation. She says she uses it for people who are new to spirituality and are just opening up to new awareness. I carried one for years in early recovery.

I just realized I had them reversed. The ABCs of recovery, I have posted as the CBAs.

Posted in 2010

Don't remember seeing the sailboat used in Canada. The Amethyst is suppose to help prevent over indulging. It is also spiritual in nature.

http://www.crystalvaults.com/crystal...pedia/amethyst

The butterfly was a big symbol for me, every time I saw one up close, all through my recovery, there has been a big change within me, new awareness, change of outlook, spiritual enlightenment and experiences, and just a feeling of joy when I saw one. It was the monarch that symbolized transformation for me, but I do enoy the little yellow and white ones I see. They remind me to be grateful and to be open to God's many gracious gifts.

MajestyJo · 07-13-2016, 07:21 PM

Quote:

You are reading from the book Touchstones

I feel the more I know God, that He would sooner we did wrong in loving than never love for fear we should do wrong.

—Father Andrew

Love has often been called the first rule of a spiritual life. As we awaken to our new life in this program, we learn that all of God's creation is full of objects for us to love. A sunset repeats the creative energy at work in our world today. It appears briefly, invites our love, and slowly fades away, only to be repeated in a new form the next day. The color and markings on a little bug may inspire our love, as may the smell of moist earth, the excitement of a Broadway musical, the craftsmanship of a well-made tool, or the look of warmth on a friend's face. These are all opportunities for us to let go and feel our love.

We men often feel awkward in expressing love. Perhaps we're so self-conscious and guarded that we brace ourselves against saying or doing anything that wouldn't look good. We're learning through our spiritual development to be more fervent lovers and less perfectionistic in love.

I will be renewed today each time I appreciate something near me.

From another site 2011

Like this concept. Love comes in many forms. One love for another goes a long way to a healthy way of thinking and living.

MajestyJo · 07-22-2016, 07:21 AM

LITTLE THINGS

It’s the little things we do and say
That mean so much as we go our way.
A kindly deed can lift a load
From weary shoulders on the road,
Or a gentle word, like summer rain,
May sooth some heart and banish pain.
What joy or sadness often springs
From just the simple little things!

— Unknown

As the slogan says, "Keep it simple, stupid." It spells K.I.S.S., but I prefer, "Keep it Simple Sweetheart." We are not stupid people. We may have done some stupid things in our life and made some choices that were not in our best interest, but we are intelligent beings. We can talk ourselves into or out of anything.

MajestyJo · 08-20-2016, 07:26 PM

Food For Thought

Sometimes we whine
Gripe and complain
Singing the victim’s
Familiar refrain

Blaming the world
For all that’s wrong
Each new day
The same old song

It’s a trap we crawl into
A place where we hide
Keeping our spirit
Stuffed deep inside

Somehow forgetting
We determine our fate
That the life which we lead
We chose to create

Each decision we make
Each thought we embrace
Affects the complexion
Of the world we face

If our food for thought
Is a negative meal
That is what
We will taste as real

If we dwell on anger
Injustice and pain
We’ll tend to attract
More of the same

If we suffer, hopeless
At the mercy of all
We are the ones
Keeping us small

Placing the blame
On somebody else
Puts the solution
Outside of ourselves

Recognizing
We are Source
Awakens the captain
To master his course.

Dan Coppersmith

MajestyJo · 08-20-2016, 07:28 PM

Always a good reminder for me. I once heard, "We are what we feed our body, mind, and spirit."

MajestyJo · 08-30-2016, 10:26 PM

"When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53

This reminds me of the phrase, "Are you an alcoholic?" "I think I might be just a little bit." The both statements are the same as saying I think I am a little bit pregnant. Either you are or you are not. I had to find my own truth, and although I was in denial, there was something within me that kept me coming to the rooms of recovery for two years until I had reach total acceptance, and I know it wasn't me.

When I looked back over my life, some force was working in my life keeping me alive and to the doors of recovery, because I qualified twenty years before I got here. Some are sicker than others. When I took an honest look at my life I realized God didn't go away, I did!

God works in my life today. He utilizes people, places and things to show me a better way of living and to help me on my journey.

MajestyJo · 08-30-2016, 10:27 PM

"He's Got The Whole World In His Hands"

He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole wild world in his hands

He's got the whole wild world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands

He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the little bitty baby in his hands

He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands

He's got the whole world in his hands...

He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got you and me sister in his hands

He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands

He's got the whole world in his hands...

He's got everybody here in his hands he's got everybody here in his hands

He's got everybody here in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands

He's got the whole world in his hands...

He's got you and me brother...

He's got the whole world in his hands...

Glen Campbell

MajestyJo · 09-10-2016, 04:55 PM

Just For Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Just for yesterday, may I remember the lessons of the past.
So that I may have a better today
Just for yesterday may I let go of the past
so that I can be free to live more fully today

Just for Tomorrow may I plan
So that today I will have direction in life
Just for Tomorrow, may I look upon it with excitement, and joy...
So that I will live happy today

Just for today may I remember the good, and profit from the losses of yesterday
So that today I live with peace and serenity
Just for today may I do the tasks that ensure tomorrow will be bright, and today fulfilling

Just for Today May I have the wisdom to know that Today is
yesterday’s tomorrow, the willingness to accept the gift that
God has given me today, and the courage to live it, by being
the best me there is....

Amen

Carlo John Palmieri

05-22-2016, 11:36 AM	#226
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	Another Chance How often we wish for another chance to make a fresh beginning. A chance to blot out our mistakes And change failure into winning. It does not take a new day To make a brand new start, It only takes a deep desire To try with all our heart. To live a little better And to always be forgiving And to add a little sunshine To the world in which we're living. So never give up in despair And think that you are through, For there's always a tomorrow And the hope of starting new. by Helen Steiner Rice __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

06-04-2016, 06:49 PM	#227
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	__________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care. Last edited by MajestyJo; 02-16-2017 at 04:59 PM.

06-09-2016, 08:06 AM	#228
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	TRY SMILING When the weather suits you not, Try smiling. When your coffee isn’t hot, Try smiling. When your neighbors don’t do right, Or your relatives all fight, Sure ‘tis hard, but then you might Try smiling. Doesn’t change the things ,of course– Just smiling. But it can not make them worse— Just smiling. And it seems to help your case, Brightens up a gloomy place, Then, it sort o’ rests your face— Just smiling, Unkown __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

06-14-2016, 08:04 PM	#229
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	Balance material and spiritual "What is [the role of money] in the search for meaning? Is our relationship to it one of the chief factors that keeps us in our prison, or could it also be a tool for breaking out, for awakening to a life filled with intensity of purpose?" -- Jacob Needleman Our personality has a need for security. As a human in a material world, we need money to survive. If we don’t have enough for basics, our lives cannot function. At the same time, with too much emphasis on the material, we lose the spiritual awareness that brings meaning and fulfillment. The key lies in the balance. What draws most of your attention, time and energy: spiritual growth or money? Reflect on (or better yet, journal on) the balance or lack of balance of these two in your life. "Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul." -- Henry David Thoreau "View money and things not as something you create to fill a lack, but as tools to help you more fully express yourself and realize your potential." -- Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer Received from Higher Awareness - used with permission __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

07-05-2016, 05:15 PM	#231
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	My favorite slogan is "Let it begin with me." It reminds me that my recoveryis about me and not about the other person. No matter what someone says or does, it is about me, my thoughts and my actions. The slogan that has probably helped me the most and has helped me to change my old habits and behaviors is "Hesitate and Meditate." Stop before I think and react. With it goes the slogan "Listen to Learn, Learn to Listen." It was always about me and what I needed. I had to learn to stop and listent to others and to what they had to say. Sometimes the best way you can help somone is to just listen to them. But for the Grace of God - I would not be here. My name in real life means God's Gracious Gift. I did not think it was so for many years. I used and abused myself and allowed others to do so. I had to come to realize that I was loved, that this second chance at life was given to me, it was up to me to give back to others, the special gift that I had been given. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

07-05-2016, 05:18 PM	#232
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	A slogan that I have problems with is "Easy Does It...but do it!" I seem to always go gung-ho at anything I do (except dishes), and I put all my energy into it, and then after go, go, going, I crash and go boom. So it is easy does it, do what you need to do when you need to do it! Many times, I would go so easy, I wouldn't get it done! I have never been good at doing things a little at a time. I don't even like to put a book down after I start reading it. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

07-22-2016, 07:21 AM	#235
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	LITTLE THINGS It’s the little things we do and say That mean so much as we go our way. A kindly deed can lift a load From weary shoulders on the road, Or a gentle word, like summer rain, May sooth some heart and banish pain. What joy or sadness often springs From just the simple little things! — Unknown As the slogan says, "Keep it simple, stupid." It spells K.I.S.S., but I prefer, "Keep it Simple Sweetheart." We are not stupid people. We may have done some stupid things in our life and made some choices that were not in our best interest, but we are intelligent beings. We can talk ourselves into or out of anything. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

08-20-2016, 07:26 PM	#236
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	Food For Thought Sometimes we whine Gripe and complain Singing the victim’s Familiar refrain Blaming the world For all that’s wrong Each new day The same old song It’s a trap we crawl into A place where we hide Keeping our spirit Stuffed deep inside Somehow forgetting We determine our fate That the life which we lead We chose to create Each decision we make Each thought we embrace Affects the complexion Of the world we face If our food for thought Is a negative meal That is what We will taste as real If we dwell on anger Injustice and pain We’ll tend to attract More of the same If we suffer, hopeless At the mercy of all We are the ones Keeping us small Placing the blame On somebody else Puts the solution Outside of ourselves Recognizing We are Source Awakens the captain To master his course. Dan Coppersmith __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care. Last edited by MajestyJo; 08-30-2016 at 10:25 PM.

08-20-2016, 07:28 PM	#237
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	Always a good reminder for me. I once heard, "We are what we feed our body, mind, and spirit." __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

08-30-2016, 10:26 PM	#238
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	"When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53 This reminds me of the phrase, "Are you an alcoholic?" "I think I might be just a little bit." The both statements are the same as saying I think I am a little bit pregnant. Either you are or you are not. I had to find my own truth, and although I was in denial, there was something within me that kept me coming to the rooms of recovery for two years until I had reach total acceptance, and I know it wasn't me. When I looked back over my life, some force was working in my life keeping me alive and to the doors of recovery, because I qualified twenty years before I got here. Some are sicker than others. When I took an honest look at my life I realized God didn't go away, I did! God works in my life today. He utilizes people, places and things to show me a better way of living and to help me on my journey. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

08-30-2016, 10:27 PM	#239
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	"He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole wild world in his hands He's got the whole wild world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the little bitty baby in his hands He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands... He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got you and me sister in his hands He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands... He's got everybody here in his hands he's got everybody here in his hands He's got everybody here in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands... He's got you and me brother... He's got the whole world in his hands... Glen Campbell __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

09-10-2016, 04:55 PM	#240
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	Just For Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Just for yesterday, may I remember the lessons of the past. So that I may have a better today Just for yesterday may I let go of the past so that I can be free to live more fully today Just for Tomorrow may I plan So that today I will have direction in life Just for Tomorrow, may I look upon it with excitement, and joy... So that I will live happy today Just for today may I remember the good, and profit from the losses of yesterday So that today I live with peace and serenity Just for today may I do the tasks that ensure tomorrow will be bright, and today fulfilling Just for Today May I have the wisdom to know that Today is yesterday’s tomorrow, the willingness to accept the gift that God has given me today, and the courage to live it, by being the best me there is.... Amen Carlo John Palmieri __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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