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Thursday, June 19, 2014
You are reading from the book Today's Gift
Jealousy is cruel as the grave.
—Song of Solomon
Most bushes and small trees need trimming every year. They have branches that hang out over the sidewalk and get in people's way. Sometimes the branches grow so long and low to the ground that the tree looks weighted down.
Jealousy is like an overgrown branch -it weighs us down. It is one of those feelings all of us deal with. We may be jealous of someone's looks or talent, or maybe even their good luck. Like the overgrown branches, jealousy sticks out all over and gets in other people's way as well as our own. It is a part of us we need to keep cutting back.
If we are good gardeners, we will get out the clippers. Seeing and talking about our jealousy is the best way to start using those clippers. If we do this, our own leaves will be healthier, and our blossoms will grow.
Is there someone I am jealous of? Can I use my clippers today?
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A feeling I don't like. Doesn't happen too often in my life. I found that every time I start thinking more, there are consequences. I found that I wouldn't trade my space with others, because I wasn't willing the play the role they played to make it happen.
Was on the receiving end of it, and it isn't nice. My sponsor(s) over the years have said, "It is not your problem, it is their stuff." They want the benefits of the program that you have received without working for it." Just think of all the work you have done over the years, they said that they had never seen anyone else do what I have done to maintain my recovery.
Using was never an option, and although my pain makes me think, "I want to make it all go away," it isn't healthy and I have to change that thinking. I know that to take something to cover it up or make it go away, leads me to thinking more. One is never enough, more doesn't not make it better. The body manufactures the pain to tell you that you need more. It is an illusion, generally one of control and leaving God out of the equation.