This morning I was walking and just concentrating on how and where I was placing my feet. Having had several surgeries over the past 20 years, my balance has been compromised, I Continuously have to be aware of where I walk, take the next step, and praying and thanking my Higher Power for the ability to still be upright and mobile. This is basically how I have approached sobriety and program; there are so many potholes on this road. There have been so many things that have come across my walk. I know that if I am armed with the correct tools to help me avoid falling from a missed placed step, I’ll be okay. There are moments were I misplaced, my feet, but I haven’t fallen yet, and I know that I have had that arm of God, keeping me upright. I also know that I have to look down the path and see where I was going to step the next moment. Everything for me today comes back to the principles and steps of this program, I was told to practice these principles in all my affairs, and this is a mandate for me. There have been so many moments where the road was uneven but God’s road crew makes the journey a bit smoother, as long as I walk behind the Angels of mercy that lead me, and are pushed by the Angels that watch my back. I will continue to stand, walk, and avoid the potholes that come up, as long as I continue to take the Power with me.
Peace Out: M copyright 2014

The greatest gift in my life has been all those who have touched me in some way. As I look back, I have so many memories of those who I thought I had picked to be friends, but I came to the realizations that it wasn’t me who chose them, it was God who placed them in front of me. I can look back and see the lessons I learned for all. Every day and night I pray that I hear a message of depth and weight, and that I can love those that are placed in front of me. Loving is a constant challenge, because there are those who bring fear in to their space, that pushes any love that comes at them away, so my first reaction is to withdraw or view them with passive aggression, at that moment I must remember the code of love and tolerance, and the principle of unconditional love. Having practiced the spiritual principles for years, once I see that aggression presents itself I must, wring myself in and surround me with the steps and principles. I’ve been told that pause when agitated, learning that pause statement, has been a wonderful tool to enter the door of unconditionally loving others. The information that has been given and delivered, has been the key to learning and finding some degree of emotional sobriety, finding emotional sobriety has given me a daily reprieve, and that daily reprieve and emotional sobriety is based on my connection to a power Greater than me and for me, I call it God, and it has been said God is love. There is no perfection in me, just flaws created by actions that are outside of these principles, if I can pause long enough the possibility that the forward actions may correct the things in me that I can only correct by pausing and seeking. I am truly blessed to have been given keys to a kingdom that exist in that 4th dimension of God’s will not mine.
Peace Out: M Copyright 2014