Pause For Thought

[MajestyJo]

We become that which has influenced us the most. -Wilfred Peterson

In the past, many of us ran with a crowd whose main intent was to be high. As a consequence, we generally behaved thoughtlessly, even toward those who were dearest in our life. We weren't surrounded by positive influences and our actions reflected it. We had not chosen a warm, caring relationship with a Higher Power. We felt isolated and suspicious about situations and most people.

Most of us have observed young children who are already mean-spirited, and we can easily guess the circumstances surrounding their lives. None of us escapes being influenced by those forces and factors that, by their daily presence in our life, demand our attention.

Our program for living is daily influencing us to act from a posture of love rather than selfish- ness. We are thereby growing in our understanding that to give is to receive. We have to continue on our recovery path to ensure our well-being and the well-being of those people who will be influenced by our behavior .

My actions will influence others today, and I want to be remembered as a positive influence.

- In God's Care by Karen Casey

Most of my life was spent in rebellion. Always running away, and with an attitude that said, "Don't tell me what to do, watch me!" The stubborness of our disease is rooted in our childhood and we need to learn to heal and let go and ask our Higher Power to open our hearts to a more loving way of life.

The rebellion and anger only hurts me and the past is long gone. The fear of authority and the anger at being told what to do also stems back from those mixed messages we received long ago.

Through the fellowship of the Spirit, I am made whole and can learn my way into new living and healthier thinking. I am what I feed my body, mind and spirit.

Posted on another site in 2005

Each day I have to watch that those old thoughts don't creep in. It is important to recognize them for what they are before I act out on them.

This is a one day at a time program. I choose to live in today and not bring my past into it. I had to take and inventory of what was there and as I work the Steps, it reveals new truths ans awareness, and each day I can pick up the tools for recovery and not act out in my dis-ease.