being IT...

grace and gratitude...essence of being...

justfortoday...

always, star...

doing 'stuff' differently...

this is what life today is all about in recovery...

change, change, and more change!

use too...i did not like change...unless of course i was uncomfortable where i was...and in the beginning of my sobriety...anything was better than where i was, so i pretty much enjoyed that pink cloud i was on!

life is an adventure...an awesome awakening to what is...

i use to hate waking up...and getting out of bed in the mornings...so, i would sleep till late morning...and still did not want to get up!

here recently, been doing some stuff differently, and have been waking up early...and in a pleasant frame of mind! go figure!

just more evidence that this recovery 'stuff' really does work!

justfortoday...star...*smiles

no tears in heaven...

sobriety is about learning to live life on life's terms.

this means not escaping.

sometimes life is painful; this is a fact of life.

moments of pain must be walked through.

this does not mean that suffering has to be a place for the mind to dwell.

it has been said that many in recovery find that they need look no further for Utopia...

this is what i have found...it is just that my heaven has tears today...for how can i otherwise know joy and happiness...

the gift of grace is peace even through the storms that life brings...

i don't want a heaven today without compassion and yes...tears.

living life...truly living...is in accepting whatever the Universe brings to you...

starlightjustfortoday...

Be gentle...

"Be gentle with yourself,
No less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
(Disiderata)

911...thoughts...

what began with 911 has not ended...there are still innocent lives being lost, and many suffering the psychological pain of what happened six years ago today...

sometimes it is so very difficult to understand why these things happen. i am not wise enough to understand them, and questioning them does absolutely no good. it is human to want to 'do' something to make it all go away some how...but in the end, what really can be done? i don't know.

i honor those that have suffered...and send warm thoughts out to those still suffering...

may the peace that passes all understanding dwell in all hearts and minds today...may whatever we do lead to a happier, healthier, more loving world...may we touch the hearts of others with our light...always.

sober today by grace...star.

16 months...

a day at a time...in a row!

tomorrow will mark my 16th month birthday clean and sober...awesome stuff! grace is here...in this moment...and has seen fit to bestow it's beauty...

going to finally graduate drug court next wednesday, september 19th...yeah for me!

will be celebrating with my home group afterwards...

i love sobriety!

starlightjustfortoday...

sober holidays...

this is my second labor day sober...by grace...

spent the weekend with family and friends...cookout...good food, good friends...laughed and had lots of fun...

amazing the things that LIFE brings when one IS open to IT...

starlightjustfortoday...