Welcome to Bill's Place.
A collection of Friends In Recovery.
Featuring a weekly Step Study from various 12 Step Recovery literature.
With the occasional inspirational message or message pertaining to a broad spectrum of varied spiritual practices.
An open forum for discussion of the aforementioned Step Study and inspirational/spiritual practice messages.
"Dance like there's no one watching and love like you've never been hurt."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BillsPlace/
Flying is largely a matter of having the right attitude--plus, of course, good wing feathers.
--E. B. White
The swan flies with majesty, confidence, and grace. It is made to fly, of course, but it learns as much about flying from its parents as it knows by instinct. It is not born with the ability to fly, but with the potential.
Each of us is born with the potential to fly in many skies. We may sing or dance or write or run, fix machines, teach children, speak, listen, sympathize. And we can do all things well, as only humans can. It is not the ability to do these things that makes us human; it's what we do with that ability.
Knowing how to prepare ourselves before we spread our wings is part of discovering what we can do. When we learn to ride a bike, we know we can do it; our parent's hand on the seat helps us know it.
Wanting to soar is the first part of the flight; it is studying, practicing, and asking for help that allows us to get off the ground.
What steps can I take today toward reaching my potential?
The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit, till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff.
--Annie Dillard
Our progress today, and certainly our serenity, is enhanced by our willingness to accept all that we are blessed with today. Not only to accept, but to celebrate, trusting that these events are moving us toward our special destiny.
Flowing with the twists and turns in our lives, rather than resisting them, guarantees smooth sailing, helps us to maximize our opportunities, increases our serenity. Accepting our powerlessness over all but our own attitude is the first step we need to take toward finding serenity.
Resistance, whether it is against a person or a situation in our lives, will compound the problem, as we perceive it. We can believe in the advantages for growth that all experiences offer. We can sail with our experiences. We can be open to them so they can carry us to our destination. We can trust, simply trust, that all is well and in our favor, every moment.
My serenity is in my control today. I will look to this day with trust and thanksgiving. And my Spirit will soar.
Gratitude
We learn the magical lesson that making the most of what we have turns it into more.
--Codependent No More
Say thank you, until we mean it.
Thank God, life, and the universe for everyone and everything sent your way.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Gratitude makes things right.
Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude's power. We can start with whom we are and what we have today, apply gratitude, then let it work its magic.
Say thank you, until you mean it. If you say it long enough, you will believe it.
Today, I will shine the transforming light of gratitude on all the circumstances of my life.
Knowing the Wisdom of the Heart
Meditation by Orin and DaBen
I breathe in love.
I draw in love
from everywhere in the universe.
Love flows in to every part of my body
carried on my breath.
I open to receive love.
Every day I am becoming
a more loving person.
I am growing calmer and more serene
in the peace of love
that is becoming who I am.
knowing that I have always done
the best I knew how at the time.
I send love and forgiveness to my past self.
As I do, I create a higher future for myself.
and how much I have grown
in my ability to act with
wisdom and love.
love and peace.
I allow people to be who they are.
I offer love with wisdom.
knowing they are not mine to carry.
I allow others to go through their lessons.
I hold a loving space while they do.
I let go of the need to save others
from the wonderful growth opportunities
they have attracted to themselves.
whose burdens I might have been carrying.
I now turn the responsibility
for this person's life
over to this person's higher self.
I send love to this person as I do.
needing anything from people.
I focus on how I can serve
and empower them in their growth.
I release my desires for them to
be or do anything to please me.
I offer unconditional love.
I release a desire I have had of this person
to be or do something I want.
I send this person appreciation
for all of his or her beautiful qualities.
I love and accept this person
just as he or she is.
"How can I offer more love
to this person?
How can I express my love in
a higher, wiser way?"
I let answers and feelings flow into me.
I act on the insights as they come.
into my life and heart.
I ask them to open my heart
and link it with my mind so I can
love with wisdom.
This angel touches my heart with love.
I receive and open to this gift of love.
who could use love
come into my mind.
and imagine sending this person love.
I surround this person with a rose color
that carries the angelic frequencies of love.
transmitted to me by the Divine Angels of Love.
I send Divine Love to this person.
The Angels of Divine Love join me in
sending Divine love to this person.
standing in a circle around me.
I am in the center of the circle.
I fill myself with Divine Love.
The Angels of Divine Love are with me
sending their love through me.
I send this love out to everyone I know.
and out to the world.
I am a radiating source of love and wisdom.
After joining feel free to invite your friends to the Group by using the "Invite" button below;
or by simply sending them this URL;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BillsPlace/
Just for today, you never have to use again.
Alive and Free
Never Alone Never Again
(neveralone_neveragain)Meditation for the Day
You should strive for a union between your purposes in life and the purposes of the Divine Principle directing the universe. There is no bond of union on earth to compare with the union between a human soul and God. Priceless beyond all earth's rewards is that union. In merging your heart and mind with the heart and mind of the Higher Power, a oneness of purpose results, which only those who experience it can even dimly realize. That oneness of purpose puts you in harmony with God and with all others who are trying to do His will.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may become attuned to the will of God. I pray that I may be in harmony with the music of the spheres.
Jimmy K.
---
"I slept and dreamed that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy."
~Tagore~
Peace.
Bill
A Group of Recovering Friends
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BillsPlace/
My Gateway
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8nqeu/
My Homepage
http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/haven/index.html
Pics of Family and Friends
http://community.webshots.com/user/sequoian100
ARNA Album
http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/haven/slideshow/ArnaAlbum/ArnaAlbumThumpageIntro.html
My Music Page
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/sequoian/Welcome.html
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/neveralone_neveragain
MySpace Blog
http://blog.myspace.com/neveralone_neveragain
