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GOOD MORNING OH'ERS.. IT'S FRIDAY! !
Today I am grateful..
For the sun in the sky..
For the moon at night..
That I know things are going to be okay..
For being able to share..
For the man in the mirror..
SONG OF THE WEEK..
CANDLE IN THE WIND BY ELTON JOHN..
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
I DON'T HAVE A MOVIE QUOTE TODAY BUT I DO HAVE A GOOD ONE..
People don't care how much you know, until the know how much you care.. John C. Maxwell..
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
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Thanks Obesityhelp.com
Before I became sober in The Program, I blamed all my problems on other people, or on places and things. Now I'm learning to look squarely at each difficulty, not seeking whom to "blame," but to discover how my attitude helped create my problem or aggravate it. I must also learn to face the consequences of my own actions and words, and to correct myself when I'm wrong. DO I PRACTICE THE TENTH STEP BY CONTINUING TO TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY? WHEN I AM WRONG, DO I PROMPTLY ADMIT IT?
TODAY I PRAY
May I know the blessed relief and unburdening that comes when I admit I have done something wrong. May I learn -- perhaps for the first time in my entire life -- to take responsibility for my own actions and to face the consequences. May I learn again how to match actions with consequences.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
To take responsibility for my own actions.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
Today I am grateful..
For tough issues..
For being able to share..
For friends that know you are going to be there..
For phone calls..
For being a sick person trying to get well..
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
464/409/200
Thanks Obesityhelp.com
We may not know any specifics about the activities of today; we may not know whether we'll be alone or with others. We may feel the day contains too much time -- or not enough. We may be facing tasks we're eager to complete, or tasks we've been resisting. Though the details of each person's day differ, each person's day does hold one similarity: We each have the opportunity to choose to think positive thoughts. The choice depends less on our outside activities than on our inner commitment. CAN I ACCEPT THAT I ALONE HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL MY ATTITUDE?
TODAY I PRAY
May I keep the fire of inner commitment alive through this whole, glorious day, whether my activities are a succession of workaday tasks or free-form and creative. May I choose to make this a good day for me, and for those around me.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Keep the commitment.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
Today I am grateful..
That I am getting better..
For the little things in life..
For Sportscenter..
For my breakfast..
For being able to be a friend..
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
464/409/200
Thanks Obesityhelp.com
I've begun to better understand myself since I've come to The Program. One of the most important things I've learned is that opinions aren't facts. Just because I feel that a thing is so doesn't necessarily make it so. "Men are not worried by things," wrote the Greek philosopher Epictetus, "but by their ideas about things. We we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves. That is: our ideas about things." DO I BELIEVE THAT I CAN NEVER ENTIRELY LOSE WHAT I HAVE LEARNED DURING MY RECOVERY?
TODAY I PRAY
May I learn to sort out realities from my ideas about those realities. May I understand that situations, thing, -- even people -- take on the colors and dimensions of my attitudes about them.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
To sort the real from the unreal.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
To be here..
For the little things in life..
For my friendship with Bill W..
For the smile..
For my true friends..
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
464/409/200
Thanks Obesityhelp.com
Why don't I spend part of today thinking about my assets, rather than my liabilities? Why not think about victories, instead of defeats -- about the ways in which I am gentle and kind? It's always been my tendency to fall into a sort of cynical self-hypnosis, putting derogatory labels on practically everything I've done, said or felt. Just for today, I'll spend a quiet half hour trying to gain a more positive perspective on my life. DO I HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN?
TODAY I PRAY
Through quietness and a reassessment of myself, may I develop a more positive attitude. If I am a child of God, created in His image, there must be goodness in me. I will think about that goodness, and the ways it manifests itself. I will stop putting myself down, even in my secret thoughts. I will respect what is God's. I will respect myself.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Self-respect is respect for God.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
Now that we're free and no longer chemically-dependent, we have so much more control over our thinking. More than anything, we're able to alter our attitudes. Some members of Alcoholics Anonymous, in fact, choose to think of the letters AA as an abbreviation for "Altered Attitudes." In the bad old days, I almost always responded to any optimistic or positive statement with "Yes, but.. " Today, in contrast, I'm learning to eliminate that negative phrase from my vocabulary. AM I WORKING TO CHANGE MY ATTITUDE? AM I DETERMINED TO "ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE..."?
TODAY I PRAY
May I find that healing and strength which God provides to those who stay near Him. May I keep to the spiritual guidelines of The Program, considering the Steps, taking the Steps -- one by one -- then practicing them again and again. In this is my salvation.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
To practice at least one Step.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
