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For the love shown to Nina http://www.rydobesity.com/nina.htm during her time of need..
That I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not..
For the memories..
That I know I may not be perfect but I am not the worst person in the world I just want to be good that's all..
For the sun shining today..
I will be at a conference, for work, starting today so if I don't get to post a grateful post for the rest of the week can someone step in and do it for me..
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
464/409/200
Thanks Obesityhelp.com
Good luck. Keep up the good work.
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
For Nina and all she does.. Please see this link http://www.rydobesity.com/nina.htm
For phone calls..
That I am a blessed man..
For the people from the Texas Message Board..
For the out pouring of love shown to Nina.. She is so touched..
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
464/409/200
Thanks Obesityhelp.com
The Twelve Steps teach us that as faith grows, so does security. The terrifying fear of nothingness begins to subside. As we work The Program, we find that the basic antidote for fear is a spiritual awakening. We lose the fear of making decisions, for we realize that if our choice proves wrong, we can learn from the experience. And should our decision be the right one, we can think God for giving us the courage and the grace that caused us so to act. AM I GRATEFUL FOR THE COURAGE AND GRACE I RECEIVE FROM MY HIGHER POWER?
TODAY I PRAY
I ask that I be given the power to act, knowing that I have at least a half-chance to make the right decision and that I can learn from a wrong one. For so long, decision-making seemed beyond my capabilities. Now, I can find joy in being able to make choices. Thank you, God, for courage.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Freedom is choosing.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
That for the prayers and outpouring of love shown to Nina..
For knowing I am going to be okay..
For the sun..
For the moon..
For no tickets..
Nina asked me to add that her and her son are both very grateful for every keystroke of every email and private message that she has receieved.. She stated her son would have been proud to see all the TMB come together.. She said she loved you all and will post the arrangements later..
RIP Chito
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
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Thanks Obesityhelp.com
When I came to The Program, I found people who knew exactly what I meant when I spoke finally of my fears. They had been where I had been; they UNDERSTOOD. I've since learned that many of my fears have to do with projection. It's normal, for example, to have a tiny "back-burner" fear that the person I love will leave me. But when the fear takes precedence over my present and very real relationship with the person I'm afraid of losing, then I'm in trouble. My responsibility to myself includes this: I must not fear things which do not exist. AM I CHANGING FROM A FEARFUL PERSON INTO A FEARLESS PERSON?
TODAY I PRAY
I ask God's help in waving away my fears -- those figments, fantasies, monstrous thoughts, projections of disaster which have no bearing on the present. May I narrow the focus of my imagination and concentrate on the here-and-now, for I tend to see the future through a magnifying glass.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Projected fears, like shadows, are larger than life.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
I am struggling this weekend, being on narcotic pain killers and all that goes with them. Not sure if I have mentioned that I am still in outpatient treatment, but at a different facility than before.
One of the things I am so grateful for is my sponsor. She is a God send. She and I went to junior high together, and we had the same classes. She is totally opposite of me, but so good at being a sponsor. I am outgoing and talkative, she is quiet and subdued, but she is exactly what I need. She has me doing a 4th step, and I am realizing that there is so much I never covered in previous 4th steps. It could take me a while, but I am working on it.
I made a meeting last night, and again this morning at 6:00 a.m. I hope to be able to make a meeting again tonight with my sponsor. Her home group is on Saturday nights, and I will be speaking at that meeting on my 3 month anniversary.
I have a lot of gratitude and sometimes I just burst with it.
Hugs,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
I'm so grateful that you are doing better... your posts just illuminate from your sobriety with each day out. I understand we still have our bad days.. but .. we see them so differently when not in our drinking.
love ya
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
02/21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Do I waste my time and energy wrestling with situations that aren't actually worth a second thought? Like Don Quixote, the bemused hero of Spanish literature, do I imagine windmills as menacing giants, battling them until I am ready to drop from exhaustion? Today, I'll not allow my imagination to build small troubles into big ones. I'll try to see each situation clearly, giving it only the value and attention it deserves. HAVE I COME TO BELIEVE, AS THE SECOND OF THE TWELVE STEPS SUGGESTS, THAT A POWER GREATER THAN MYSELF CAN RESTORE ME TO SANITY?
TODAY I PRAY
God, keep my perspective sane. Help me to avoid aggrandizing petty problems, tying too much significance to casual conversations, making a Vesuvius out of an anthill. Keep my fears from swelling out of scale, like shadows on a wall. Restore my values, which became distorted during the days of my chemical involvement.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Sanity is perspective.
I read a quote yesterday that got me thinking..
"People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves." Tyrone Edwards
It made me think... in AA they say you must believe in a Power higher than yourself. It doesn't matter who or what that power is.. but you must find one. Some who don't believe in God will find that power in The Group of AA as a whole. That the group is stronger than themself. After reading that quote I think it makes more sense to me now..
If you don't have a Higher Power.. find one
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
