Reflecting on Reality

Enjoying reality

Cloud Nine does not compare to the joys and beauty of a clean life. In fact, Cloud Nine is opposed to our new way of life. It's a fantasy, a trip, a high - like that first drink, fix, or pill (substitute food/spending).

Now we are dealing with reality - a real and beautiful place instead of a fanciful dream. Each day can be a journey with our Higher Power, beyond pain and suffering, beyond Cloud Nine, in the wonderful here and now.

Am I learning to enjoy today?

I pray for guidance through all aspects of growing, so I don't get stuck in any one place. 

Ain't this the truth. I have spent so much of my life looking towards the "ultimate dream" be it a perfect mate, perfect date, perfect dress or do. . . . Real life always came up lacking. I've spent 40 years comparing my chosen mate to the "man of my dreams." He was a real person (still is) but he was so far "above" me that I never got to know the "real" person.

The person I dreamed of was so perfect that no one could measure up. I'm sure he never in real life passed gas, left a cupboard door open, lost his temper, or failed to acknowledge that he "got" my innermost anxieties and thoughts without me having to say them out loud. . . .

So real life was so unsatisfying to me.  Time and time again I have told myself to give up that unrealistic dream of perfection in everyone and everything including myself. I am better than I used to be, but need to constantly give myself a "reality check" in order to stay in the here and now, enjoying each moment as much as I can.

 Thank you, Laureen, for this reminder. Since I  tend to believe that life here on earth is perhaps all there is I truly do need to make it my "Heaven on Earth" don't I?

I am glad you enjoyed this reading and truth is no one knows what and if there is anything after this, but I believe this is just a part of something more to experience. . .  my idea of myself is that I am an optimistic realist, meaning I want to believe in the greater good, but not without being aware of the darker side of all things. . . 

My reality today is good and I believe there is more good to come. . .

Hugs, Laureen

Laureen...it all seems so simply doesn't it. So why do we keep looking for something else?

I need to remember this everyday!!

Hugs...connie d

 

As we in AA say,

The program is a simple, it is us who are complicated . . . .

Hugs, L