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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."
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Healing
~Karen Casey~

We are all healers.

The miracle of healing, according to this course of study, is simply the decision to shift out perceptions of the people and the experiences surrounding us. None of us has greater healing power than anyone else. Some practice the healing process more often, however.

The one absolute in every day for everybody is that there will be an opportunity to offer a healing gesture to someone or some situation. Just knowing that we can improve the world we live in by a tiny thought or action gives the most mundane of days real meaning. We are equal in our ability to move us all closer to home.

If we look at our experiences from this perspective, it will change how we see every minute of our lives. We'll even begin to look for opportunities to offer healing. Knowing that all of us benefit through the gestures of any one of us inspires our willingness to participate in the miracle.

I have the opportunity to add to the richness of every person's experience today through my perspective.

Start with joy
~Ralph Marston~

There's a reason why the sunrise is so beautiful and magnificent. It sets the stage for a positive, fulfilling day.

When you start the day by choosing to be joyful, you put yourself in a creative, effective state of mind. You'll make yourself better able to handle whatever may come your way during the day.

A relationship that gets off to a positive start at the very beginning will quickly flourish and build great value. You can forge a positive relationship with each day when you begin it in a joyful way.

Even if the day is gray and gloomy you can choose to start it with a positive experience of your own making. Fulfillment comes to those who make it happen, and there's no better time than the beginning of your day to start moving forward.

There's an endless list of ways in which you can begin the day on a positive note. And the days that start well have the best chance of going well.

A new day arrives, ready to be lived. Choose to start it with joy.

 

Able to feel
~Ralph Marston~

Sometimes your feelings can hurt profoundly. Yet wouldn't you rather have those painful feelings occasionally than never having any feelings at all?

Your feelings let you know you're alive. They tell you, in ways that words cannot, who you are.

Through your feelings, you discover what means the most to you. With your feelings, you're able to build rich, rewarding relationships.

Feelings can indeed be messy and inconvenient, yet they're certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Without feelings, life would be terribly flat and empty.

When a feeling seems to be uncomfortable or even unbearable, choose to dive more deeply into it. Somewhere in there you'll find something very positive, comforting and affirming.

You feel because you are, and you feel because you care. Those are things about which you can genuinely feel great.

 

The miracle that is now
~Ralph Marston~

There is a miracle in every moment. Look closely, and lovingly, and you will clearly see it.

There is an innate and elegant beauty in even the most ordinary of things. Learn to love that beauty, and to let it be, and your eyes will be opened to wondrous possibilities.

There always and everywhere is a quiet yet unyielding peace, upon which rests all that is. The more often you reach in and touch this peace the more fully you experience its power.

Anything that is negative, deceptive or destructive will eventually consume and obliterate itself. What is authentic, peaceful and creative will continue to grow more pervasive.

When you need nothing other than to simply be, you have every beautiful and wonderful and miraculous thing there is. Life's richness is never more than a single thought away.

Breathe in deeply the beauty, the wonder, the miracle that is now. Know the joy that cannot ever fade.

I Choose Joy
Meditation by Orin and DaBen

I choose the path of joy. I am now willing to release struggle, and embrace the path of joy.

I relax my body. I bring relaxation into my face, head, and neck. I adjust my posture so that energy flows easily through me.

I allow my emotions to grow quiet and calm. My mind is now becoming serene. I am at peace with the world.

As I breathe in, I draw in light. As I breathe out, I release any thoughts or feelings I do not want.

I feel the light of my soul all around me, embracing me with its love. I expand into the light of my soul.

My soul sings a song of joy. I draw my soul's joy into my being.

I draw my soul's joy into the cells of my body.

I draw my soul's joy into my emotions.

I draw my soul's joy into my thoughts.

I sound a note of joy that reverberates throughout my being.

I think of an area of my life in which I would like more joy.

As I think of this area of my life I ask my soul to permeate this area with its note of joy.

I affirm that I can release anything in this area of my life that does not bring me joy.

I ask my soul to assist me in releasing any thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors that do not contribute to my having a joyful life.

I believe that I can have joy in this and in every area of my life. I open to and experience joy now.

I am aware of my inner being throughout the day. I connect with my soul often, and as I do, I draw in its joy. Joy becomes the keynote of my life.

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The Message Is Hope, The Promise Is Freedom

Just for today, you never have to use again.

Alive and Free

Never Alone Never Again
(neveralone_neveragain)

"Dance like there's no one watching and love like you've never been hurt."

Jimmy K.

The message is hope. The promise is freedom. Just For Today, you never have to use again.

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"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Peace.
Bill

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Agents of God Montage

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To trust, have faith, is to know that whatever happens will be good.

Trust and Believe

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