GO FOR THE PREMIUM FUEL – “When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it.” (12 & 12, p. 106)
AND LET THE LOVE FLOW – “New frontiers are open to us as we learn how to love. Love can be the flow of life energy from one person to another. By caring, sharing, and praying for others, we become a part of them. Through empathy, we allow addicts to be- come part of us.” (The Basic Text., p. 105) “Why, then the world’s mine oyster, Which I, with sword, Shall open.” – William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) British playwright
How have you “let your love flow” and open your heart to others, lately?
William Shakespeare Brief Bio (3:22)
Let Your Love Flow – The Bellamy Boys (3:02)
Shakespearean England in Stillness Meditation (10:12)
THE OCEAN
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Ocean has its silent caves,
Deep, quiet, and alone;
Though there be fury on the waves,
Beneath them there is none.
The awful spirits of the deep
Hold their communion there;
And there are those for whom we weep,
The young, the bright, the fair.
Calmly the wearied seamen rest
Beneath their own blue sea.
The ocean solitudes are blest,
For there is purity.
The earth has guilt, the earth has care,
Unquiet are its graves;
But peaceful sleep is ever there,
Beneath the dark blue waves.
I’m doing my best to be loving and forgiving by putting together a funeral program for a relative that was highly hurtful in my life.
I like that concept… just let your love flow, its a risk because i always want love to “flow’ back and it doesnt always do that. i need to go in with no expectations and it works much better that way.
I was watching the Bellamy Boys video and forgot how sweet it was as both brothers sang very earnestly with the younger one smiling and following his older brother’s lead. You could tell, they were really letting their “love flow.”
We can buy and sell treatment; we cannot buy or sell Recovery. For me, Recovery is about healing and reconnecting to my Higher Power and Friends in the Program (FIPs). I open the door to myself in very small increments – a little at a time. When I can let the Program in, the benefits are enormous. I sometimes only recognize the benefits in hindsight. In the moment, all I am aware of is that life is getting better. I am feeling better. This website connects me; and for that and all life’s blessings, I am grateful.