tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post7513523096770545865..comments2023-03-28T10:57:04.041-04:00Comments on They Tell Me to Keep Coming Back: gratitudetkdjunkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672164725297550849noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-51239131984403793852007-03-20T02:10:00.000-04:002007-03-20T02:10:00.000-04:00Salvation is always the ending of the minds fascin...Salvation is always the ending of the minds fascinated identification with the dead and unchanging image of what it was. It is the complete reversal of the <BR/>"natural" order of things a METANOIA - the Greek word for repentance, meaning precisely a turning around of the mind, so that it no longer faces into the past, the land of the shadow of death, but into the Eternal Present.<BR/>So long as the mind is captivated by memory, and really feels itself to be that past image which is "I" it can do nothing to save itself; it's sacrifices are of no avail, and it's Law gives no life.<BR/>After years of therapy, I had a metamorphosis - I asked Jesus to have mercy on me & forgive me my sins. He delivered me from my inequities. Praise the Lord!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-20721484611524205012007-03-17T02:18:00.000-04:002007-03-17T02:18:00.000-04:00I'm happy for you, my friend. Great lists ~ I'm no...I'm happy for you, my friend. Great lists ~ I'm not trying to impress anybody here. <BR/><BR/>Enjoy your weekend.ArahMan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/10800847777772543779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-50459602296574887962007-03-16T22:03:00.000-04:002007-03-16T22:03:00.000-04:00Good luck with the car, TKD- hope you get that loa...Good luck with the car, TKD- hope you get that loan sorted out. A year! Well done, you are doing great and I always enjoy reading what you have to say. Best wishes to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-5283903698488760042007-03-16T20:35:00.000-04:002007-03-16T20:35:00.000-04:00great list!great list!Redhead Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704372680864534271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-76978511546684725262007-03-16T16:49:00.000-04:002007-03-16T16:49:00.000-04:00Be yourself, cos in the end what's left is you. No...Be yourself, cos in the end what's left is you. Not others.Recovery Road Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095540109922051600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-62037362547362686522007-03-16T14:46:00.000-04:002007-03-16T14:46:00.000-04:00...coming up for a year... wow, well done! that's ......coming up for a year... wow, well done! that's something wonderful!Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-20054869196512865122007-03-16T12:57:00.000-04:002007-03-16T12:57:00.000-04:00That was a beautiful gratitude list. I'm very glad...That was a beautiful gratitude list. I'm very glad I came by your blog and read it.Pammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513814300181006348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27929015.post-77705922127790765152007-03-16T07:26:00.000-04:002007-03-16T07:26:00.000-04:00Cool.Yeh. 'Impressing people' is for WIMPS. FAR be...Cool.<BR/>Yeh. 'Impressing people' is for WIMPS. FAR better just to be your own person.<BR/>A nice old timer used to say 'You impress me when you STOP trying to impress me'.<BR/>Which I have used myself with Sponsees/ newcomers many times..<BR/><BR/>Ah. The first AA anniversary! It's a NICE one! I REALLY liked mine. It gave me confidence that I was on the right path. Not that I NEEDED it because I had some FABULOUS !! old timers in my midst who I was learning as MUCH as I possibly could from. But I was SO riddled with doubt about whether I would 'get it', my own failings, and the choices I had made as to how I was approaching the AA programme, that I felt 'endorsed' by the act of accomplishing one year of sobriety. <BR/>The longer I am sober, the MORE grateful I am for the 'orientation' of the AA recovery I was shown by those old timers. From what I have seen, it appears to age VERY well. <BR/>Anyway. I digress. Despite the fact that i do NOT endorse 'external validation', I just wanted to say that i think you've done a VERY good years work in AA. Well done. If you knew what a fusspot I am about these things !! (rightly or wrongly) you would think that was pretty cool!<BR/><BR/>Have a GREAT weekend!An Irish Friend of Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781376087404079818noreply@blogger.com