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*janbear* · 03-01-2009, 08:59 AM

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Even when it hurts like hell, hold fast. The pain is the arrow coming out, not the arrow going in. Faith is not about trusting a God who will rescue you from arrows but trusting in the process. Faith will center you, not rescue you.

As the pain and fear pass, I hold fast.

*janbear* · 03-02-2009, 12:47 AM

There is no right way to do the wrong thing. Whatever you were thinking of doing, you can not rationalize it into "right" action by saying, "yes but this" or "no but that." You know what's right and you know what's wrong-that gut feeling guides you.

When things go wrong, I don't go with them.

Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The
Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

*janbear* · 03-02-2009, 08:49 AM

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If people don't agree with you, so what? If people do agree with you, so what? Our program is one of suggestions, not conformity.

I do not need to conform to be comfortable. 'Comfortable' is conscious contact, not conscious copycat.

*janbear* · 03-03-2009, 11:18 AM

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All of us chemical dependents have come from the same place, no where. We all enter the world of recovery by changing our place to now here. No Where to Now Here. It works.

NOW is the working unit of my life.

*janbear* · 03-04-2009, 09:02 AM

Are we remembering the so-called 'good times' right now? How nice a 'high' would be? We use this hour to REALLY think about what got us to this fight for sobriety. It wasn't because we were having a lot of fun!

Thank you, God, for the beautiful day I'm going to have if I can just get rid of my attitude.

*janbear* · 03-05-2009, 08:48 AM

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He who laughs, lasts! 'But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered.� (P 132, AA Big Book)

My laughter is good medicine.

*janbear* · 03-05-2009, 11:52 PM

If people don't agree with you, so what? If people do agree with you, so what? Our program is one of suggestions, not conformity.

I do not need to conform to be comfortable. "Comfortable" is conscious contact, not conscious copycat.

Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The
Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

*janbear* · 03-06-2009, 08:56 AM

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You certainly are not good at every aspect of service to your group. You may be good at opening meetings, emptying ash trays, remembering to contact people, or going out on Twelve Step calls. Maybe you are lousy at greeting people at the door, holding office, getting birthday cakes, or paying the rent. Whatever you lack skills for, others can pick up; whatever you are good at, recognize!

For my shortcomings, I delegate; for my strengths, I congratulate.

*yukonm* · 03-07-2009, 02:23 AM

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'Being angry at God won't hurt God, and neither will it provoke Him to take measures against us. If it makes us feel better to vent our anger at Him over a painful situation, we are free to do it. The only thing wrong with doing it is that what happened to us was not really God's fault.� -Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Usually, things don't happen TO make me angry; things happen THAT make me angry.

*janbear* · 03-08-2009, 09:12 AM

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Life begins right outside your comfort zone. Start changing.

If I fail to change the person I was when I came in, that person will take me out!

03-01-2009, 08:59 AM	#1
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote Even when it hurts like hell, hold fast. The pain is the arrow coming out, not the arrow going in. Faith is not about trusting a God who will rescue you from arrows but trusting in the process. Faith will center you, not rescue you. As the pain and fear pass, I hold fast. __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-02-2009, 12:47 AM	#2
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	There is no right way to do the wrong thing. Whatever you were thinking of doing, you can not rationalize it into "right" action by saying, "yes but this" or "no but that." You know what's right and you know what's wrong-that gut feeling guides you. When things go wrong, I don't go with them. Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-02-2009, 08:49 AM	#3
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote If people don't agree with you, so what? If people do agree with you, so what? Our program is one of suggestions, not conformity. I do not need to conform to be comfortable. 'Comfortable' is conscious contact, not conscious copycat. __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-03-2009, 11:18 AM	#4
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote All of us chemical dependents have come from the same place, no where. We all enter the world of recovery by changing our place to now here. No Where to Now Here. It works. NOW is the working unit of my life. __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-04-2009, 09:02 AM	#5
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	Are we remembering the so-called 'good times' right now? How nice a 'high' would be? We use this hour to REALLY think about what got us to this fight for sobriety. It wasn't because we were having a lot of fun! Thank you, God, for the beautiful day I'm going to have if I can just get rid of my attitude. __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-05-2009, 08:48 AM	#6
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote He who laughs, lasts! 'But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered.� (P 132, AA Big Book) My laughter is good medicine. __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-05-2009, 11:52 PM	#7
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	If people don't agree with you, so what? If people do agree with you, so what? Our program is one of suggestions, not conformity. I do not need to conform to be comfortable. "Comfortable" is conscious contact, not conscious copycat. Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-06-2009, 08:56 AM	#8
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote You certainly are not good at every aspect of service to your group. You may be good at opening meetings, emptying ash trays, remembering to contact people, or going out on Twelve Step calls. Maybe you are lousy at greeting people at the door, holding office, getting birthday cakes, or paying the rent. Whatever you lack skills for, others can pick up; whatever you are good at, recognize! For my shortcomings, I delegate; for my strengths, I congratulate. __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

03-07-2009, 02:23 AM	#9
yukonm Community Greeter Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,115	Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote 'Being angry at God won't hurt God, and neither will it provoke Him to take measures against us. If it makes us feel better to vent our anger at Him over a painful situation, we are free to do it. The only thing wrong with doing it is that what happened to us was not really God's fault.� -Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People Usually, things don't happen TO make me angry; things happen THAT make me angry.

03-08-2009, 09:12 AM	#10
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,162	Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote Life begins right outside your comfort zone. Start changing. If I fail to change the person I was when I came in, that person will take me out! __________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

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