meditations for family

[mtgoat911]

Saturday, August 29, 2009
You are reading from the book Today's Gift

When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.
  —Russian Proverb

The woman on the park bench was gnarled and dirty. Her hair was an uncombed mess, her clothes torn and old. She clutched a paper bag to her side, which seemed to contain her belongings. She sat in the sun, humming to herself. Occasionally she threw a bit of popcorn to ducks who waited at her feet. A little boy and his mother sat by the lake, not wanting to share the bench with this wild-eyed old woman. But when the old woman beckoned to the little boy to share her popcorn with him, he ran to the bench and let out squeals of laughter as they fed the hungry ducks.

Our world is full of variety and surprises. Would we have it any other way? When we shun someone because of the way they look, we cut ourselves off from part of life. But when we are ready for anything - accepting and trusting - we are a wonder to everyone.

[mtgoat911]

Today I continue To see and find people are positive, healthy and nurturing.
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short but  good, if i surround myself with kind people who do not use drugs my chances of survival increase, and my journey towards freedom expands, reminds me of the addiction spirial that is talked about in treatment

[mtgoat911]

"it is imperitive for our freedom to understand that our parents were doing the best they could with the understanding, awareness and knowledge they had"
louise hays

it is time to take responsibilities for our own lives as of this minute. whatever happened to us or didnt happen to us in the past is beyond our control. we can do nothing about it
what we can do something about is to let go of any blame that we might have for our parents. we must be willing to forgive them for anyy.
pain they have caused us so that we can be free. it is not even necessary to understand why they acted or didnt act in a particular way

today i am willing to take responsibility for my own life. i am willing to grow up and let go of my parents. i am filled with a sense of my own power and i choose not to give it away

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my parents are awesome people, they were not addicts, i never suffered from abuse
in recovery i did have to let go of them because they were so protective, it took a few years for them to believe that i was going to stay clean and start acting like a grown up, fully self-sufficient in every way, i did have to work on one resentment i had towards my parents, having the learning disibilities made school a living nightmare, but through my adult eyes i can look back and know that they did every thing they could do to help me learn what i needed to, tudors, special schools, study programs, medicine, doctors, test, and when i turned 15 my parents spent all they had to send me to a nice boarding school
how can i have any hate for these people who did all this for me? now that i have my own children, one with whom inherited my learning differences, i can see how much time and money and love goes into helping your children, i hope you all enjoy this meditation, it was a perfect time for me to read or shall i say re-read this information, my family just flew home a few days ago after a nice long visit, when we get better somehow our relationships do too

[mtgoat911]

september 5
time for joy

"i am a terrific human being, i deserve wonderful things to happen to me...."

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i hope everyone here at medhelp feels like this today!!!! all of us are worthy of recovery, we have sufferd for far too long, let the healing begin!!!
i love my medhelp family

[mtgoat911]

many times in the past we wanted to change the how we felt so much that we would do almost anything to feel better, we would drink when we knew it was poison for us, we would eat even though we knew it was an escape, or we would gamble when we couldnt afford to lose, just for the thrill and excitement
we looked for the highs in alcohol or drugs, sex or relationships or gambling, whatever it took to help us escape our reality, today we see that high was short lived and the bottom  hit us hard
today we are learning that reality is not something to escape but something to live and learn from, today we are learning that steadiness or balance that we find within may not be as exciting but is always there and it is healthy


today i have all the strengh that i need today to accept the realities of my life. i  am guided on a path or learning and growth and healing

time for joy

[mtgoat911]

was that from saturday night live?
thank you freebird, i am hoping for the best

"I can start this day over anytime that i choose just by a change of my attitude. If things are not going my way, I can pause and ask for guidence and positive energy and begin again.
If something happens that is disappointing ot unpleasant, I do not need to let it spoil my entire day.

I can turn it over

I can let it go

I can move on from there

I can take another positive step forward.

Today i will experience each moment to the fullest, i will do all i have to do to let go of everything that is blocking me from  being fully alive in this moment

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this medatation is from a book a friend gave me while i was in my first treament center, i have had this book since i was a teenager, it means as much to me today as it did back then

being reminded that i am in cotrol of my action and attitude lets me know that i can choose to have a good day, with life it seems something dissapointing always happens, now that i have been reminded of this meditation i will try to remember to let it go and move forward with the day

i also enjoy the last part of this meditation where it talks about totally letting go of anything that blocks me from being fully alive, without narcotics in my body i can be free from that fear of running out of pills, getting money to buy more, wondering if the doctor will refill my script, i no longer have that fear of being sick from opiate wd, if i run out of money today everything will be ok because i no longer need to by narcotics to stay "well", this helps me live in the here and now, enjoy each moment

there are other issues that can pop up during my day that can prevent me from feeling alive, not related to drugs, so hopefully i can keep any fear or worry out of my mind as i finish getting ready for my family

[NautyOne]

This reminds me of that book....


Deep Thoughts........by Jack Handy

[freebird227]

mgoat911....hey girlfriend I believe you and I have found our platform that finally works for us. Sharing our recovery and the different tools that we use in order to stay clean and doing this doesn't take away from anyone eles's experience.
  Hope the family visit goes well...I'll pray for you and yours
                   Love you..Debra .....I am an addict

[mtgoat911]

"time for joy" daily affirmations

all my needs are being met easily today i simply turn them over to my higher power and do the foot work

[mtgoat911]

thank you, i am trying to read 2 meditations a day, one as an addict and the other as a child of an alcoholic

[beatingthis]

Perfect!!!

Terry

[teko]

Awe!  I really really like this one, and I look forward to your posting these every time! Keep em coming? Thanks for sharing!