Topic of the Week - Words beginning with "J"
J is for Just for Today. All I have to do is deal with today's feelings, thoughts, actions, situations, etc., for this 24 hours, keeping in mind all I have to do is stop, and turn my day over again when we hit a block or just having a feel bad moment in the day.
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J is for Jump. Jump up with happiness and joy. Jump up and do the do things you need to do instead of sitting on a pity pot. You don't have to jump and do what everyone tells you to do, but I suggest that you listen to the way your Higher Power would have you go.
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J is for Joy. If you are not enjoying recovery, what are you doing wrong? I had to learn and accept it when it came my way, it can be fleeting. I can't always make it happen, but I can have an open mind as to what brings joy to my life.
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J is for Judge. Judge not, lest you be judged. I have't walked in another person's shoes. They haven't walked in yours, so let go of their judgment and your own harsh judgment of yourself.
Many times I have found myself saying, "I am glad that I don't have to walk in their shoes." It isn't my job to judge, it is better left in my God's Hands. My sponsor said, "You have no reason to pick up in today, but there are a lot of excuses. Just stay in today and don't pick up no matter what. Just Peeking In To Say Hi! http://angelwinks.net/images/iq/qcanpeekingcat.gif |
J is for Journal. It was important for me to journal and catalogue all my feelings, thoughts, and emotions, especially in early recovery. I had stuffed them for so long, I wasn't able to identify them and put a label on them. Many time I thought it was anger, and under that anger was rejection, abandonment, self-justification and the feelings were not always toward others, but toward myself and my understanding of my God.
Recently, I have been so bogged down with negative things, most of it being health issues, I wasn't feeling much joy. I was carrying around a junk load of stuff that wasn't mine to take on and my spirit was feeling heavy and sad instead of joyous and free. http://www.angelwinks.ca/images/christmas/c88.jpg |
J is for Joy. In sobriety, joy is to be experienced and felt.
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J is for Justification. I always felt I had to justify my existence and reason for being. Many times because of it, I got stuck in a soul sickness, until I could find self-honesty.
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J is for Jaywalk. When we jaywalk, we are often crossing boundaries, running on self will, and just dong what we want to do, the heck with anyone else.
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Sounds like a familiar swan song for me. Here I am, 8 years later, still in pain, but still clean and sober. No jaywalking and getting off the recovery road, still need the program just as much in today as I did then, or when I came into recovery in 1991. Have always loved this picture. http://www.angelwinks.ca/images/christmas/c108.jpg |
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