Endless Blue Sky Sunshine

Live your truth responsibly!

Speak it like you mean it.

Share it like you love it.

Keep it like you really care,

gripping it not with your hands,
but embracing it with your heart.

Nurture it as if it were yours
knowing always to be thankful
to the one God of Whose Reality
is the one Truelight you reflect;
the one LORD by Whose desire
you are called to become you.

So strive with courage and heart
despairing not, dear Starshine,
but being always of good cheer -
you are beautiful without effort!

So be like all hope is become;
walk like you're never forgot;
dance like you are truly alive;
sing like the world cares not;
smile like worries have an end;
laugh like each moment is free;
breathe like your prayer begun;
shine like you belonged forever!

By sweet surrender to the Light
be the gold of sunbeams sharp
against the darkness of the night
flying upon the wings of eagles
into the blue of an endless sky.
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"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

Heartsong

I AM the unsung song
that lives within a dream;
the seed within a soul.

Every infinite universe
embraced from within
the heart of God.

I am the road
not the destiny,
I am the journey
not the destination,
I am the dreaming
not the dream,
I am the becoming,
not the being,
I am the singing,
not the song,
I am the climb
not the peak,
I am what soars!

I begin with a praise -
I breathe the air,
and cry out loud:
Alleluia to the LORD!

I end with a praise -
I lift my head,
and bow my heart:
Alleluia to the LORD!

I am heartsong.
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Man is a creature of possibilities.

Therefore, know your limits. But do not allow yourself to be defined by them -

Believe in your recovery and your recovery will believe in you.

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Perspective

There were three addicts in recovery -

The first one was asked, "what are you doing?"

"Can't you see I'm trying to recover!", the first addict replied rather annoyed at the question.

The second one was asked, "what are you doing?"

"Well, I'm trying to recover because my family expects me to...", the second addict said rather unconvincingly.

The third one was asked, "what are you doing?"

"I'm working on my recovery. I'm really trying to figure it out. I'm sick and tired of being so sick and tired and have had enough. I no longer want all that hurt and the pain. I want my family and friends to be happy - and they are. Above all, my recovery is my investment on my own better self. I am so thankful to God for all He has done now that I am in recovery. My will of recovery itself is His will for me. Because now I have something in my life and I really do appreciate it, it doesn't have to be anything big, you know - just something. With drugs there is nothing."

Recovery is all about perspective. One can see the difference in the three answers given above to the same question.

This is one of my own life lessons learned in rehab. It is something that I still carry around with me. And now I am sharing it with you.

I hope it helps!

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Life is a journey without destinations.