Healing From Sexual Abuse

If you, or someone you know, have/has been suxually abused... do see the entry on this blog:

"Healing From Sexual Abuse" labelled "Sexual Abuse: healing from..." http://www.outofmyblue.blogspot.com/

Addiction Recovery

"I define the recovery from addiction as the process of awakening to love. This is the same way that I would define any spiritual journey. Opening the heart to love is the highest human experience, and is what undoing addiction is about...How would my awareness of myself and the world change this instant if I simply put all my energy into welcoming love into my life?"
(Real, genuine, healing, healthy love... I add)
Lee Jampolsky "Healing the Addictive Mind" p4

Self Pity

"Self-pity is one of the worst of all stumbling blocks to the healing of grief." p 110
"The truth is that the empty heart needs work for the hands to do." p123
Catherine Marshall "Meeting God at Every Turn"

Take Time Off

"If I don't take time off and care for myself, I'll burn out. You have to constantly look after yourself so that when you are called upon you have the strength."
Carol Dynatyi

A Good Woman

A good woman is proud of herself.
She respects herself and others.
She is aware of who she is.
She neither seeks definition from the person she is with, nor does she expect them to read her mind.
She is quite capable of articulating her needs.
A good woman is hopeful.
She is strong enough to make all her dreams come true.
She knows love, therefore she gives love.
She recognizes that her love has great value and must be reciprocated.
If her love is taken for granted, it soon disappears.
A good woman has a dash of inspiration, a dabble of endurance.
She knows that she will, at times, have to inspire others to reach the potential God gave them.
A good woman knows her past, understands her present and moves toward her future.
A good woman knows God.
She knows that with God the world is her playground, but without God she will just be played.
A good woman does not live in fear of her future because of her past. Instead, she understands that her life experiences are merely lessons, meant to bring her closer to self knowledge and unconditional self love.
Girl, Smile.....YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IT GOING ON!

So Keep ON Keeping On.

Sent to me by my friend Gail Harris

My Prayer for Each of You

'May today there be peace within.
May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.
May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

May you be content with yourself just the way you are able to be today.
Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.'

Pass this on to others.

Received by me from my friend Gail Harris. Fractionally adapted.

Just For Today

1 Just for Today
I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

2 Just For Today
I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

3 Just for Today
I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it.

4 Just for Today
I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

5 Just for Today
I will exercize my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and not get found out; if somebody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don't want to - just for exercize. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.

6 Just for today
I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, keep my voice low, be courteous, criticise not one bit. I won't find fault with anything, nor try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.

7 Just for Today
I will have a programme. I will not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

8 Just for Today
I will have a quiet half hour just by myself, and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective on my life.

9 Just for Today
I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.


Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

- Al-Anon Family Groups