Tuesda, October 5th, 2010

 Show up (done) thnk it through

Not a bad day, yet staying grateful does not come automatically for me. At least I "know" somewhere  in my head that it needs to be part of my recovery. and I am grateful for that. Somewhere I read that the angels are constantly praising God, I wonder if it is hard for God to stay grateful, especially when he sees what a mess humans have made. Maybe that is why we need to stay grateful, so the mess can get cleaned up, otherwise it gets worse.

Grateful I can check in here and be accepted and accepting and hopeful.

"Our failth will never be stronger than what we perceive it to be." BMoore 

Thanks for being here.

For my October 5, I have the following today:

1.  Check in - Phone call - reading material done

2.  check calendar for today and week - done

3. Plan to plan - done

4.  Gratitude practice/exercise - done. Apart from thanking the universe/HP for this journey and day -- sent a thank you email for a gift that was given to me last week this morning.

Apart from being grateful to the universe/HP - working on showing those in my life my gratitude or that I am thinking of them. Last week I sent 2 handwritten notes - one a thank you note to a woman who recommended me as a speaker on a panel & the other a sympathy note to the father of a former client as the former client had passed away.

 3 Quotes for day (gratitude and knowledge and amusing):

1.  "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing.  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. Say thank you, until you mean it. If you say it long enough, you will believe it."

I am grateful for my procrastination. [this what i need to say long enough till I believe it :) It brought me here and on this spiritual journey. It has helped make me humble. Perhaps it was the universe's gift since I did not want to become an alcoholic like my mother.

2. Knowledge. Learn to let yourself be guided into truth. We will know what we need to know, when we need to know that. We don't have to feel badly about taking our own time to reach our insights. We don't have to force insight or awareness before it's time. Yes! Maybe the whole world saw a particular truth in our life, and we denied it -- until we were ready to deal with it.  That is our business, and our right! Our process is our own, and we will discover our truths at the right time, when we are ready, when the learning experience is complete. The most growth-producing concept we can develop for ourselves and others is to allow ourselves to have our own process.

Today, I will let myself and others have our own pace and time schedule for growth and change. I will trust that I will be empowered with insights and the tools for dealing with these insights, at the right time.

3.  We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. ~Tennessee Williams   

Have a great day, tracy-la

CherryPicker thanks for the thread,

Work Tasks:

-Check TL still working on project 3 [DONE]

-Take SS of CMD v P [DONE]

-Check DV of different designs [DONE]

-Determine which design is better [DONE]

-Check DVDT 

-Determine new SAR [DONE]

-Install new SAR

-Identify parts close to d

-Inspect parts close to d 

Non-Work Tasks:

-Go for a run [DONE]

-Call V about freight [DONE]

-Fill out A [DONE]

-Put up FP pics

-Take out recycling

-Buy ink 

-Order BB BR [DONE]

I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone and online meetings, and my life.

I want to thank cherrypicker for starting this trend.

Thing I did today

Went to the 7:30 telephone PA meeting

Things I will do today

1. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting

2. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meeting

3. Go to the 11:00 a.m. telephone PA meeting

4. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting

5. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting

6. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting

7. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA meeting

8. Prayer and meditation morning and evening

9. Clear 1,000 e-mail

10. Post Al-Anon literature for today

12. Clear floor

13. Clear couch

14. Clear tables

15. Make bed

16. Wash dishes

16. Get sleep apnea stuff ready for tonight

17. Do my numbers

18. Take shower

19. Do hair

20. Fix and Eat brunch

21. Fix and Eat dinner

22. Work my Business homework

23. Get dressed

24. Go to a religious meeting at 5 p.m.

25. Work my computer work

Thanks for letting me share