Don’t let an Armed Club Q Cretin Obscure What Our Higher Power Wants for Us – “It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.”
– Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) German philosopher
AND SKIP ATOP PINK CLOUDS OF COTTON CANDY GLEE – “We’ve begun to see that God’s [or our Higher Power’s] will for us is the ability to live with dignity, to love ourselves and others, to laugh, and to find great joy and beauty in our surroundings.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 81)
Coloradans honor Club Q victims with memorials, vigils – 2022 (2:39)
Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin (4:04)
Reiki Tantric Meditation for Happiness (9:43)
What do you do or could you do when filled with gratitude?
The Happy Man :
Many, many years ago in North Africa there lived a chief. He was very rich and had many wives and children. But he was not happy. He thought, “I have everything. But that does not make me h.appy. What must I do to be happy? I don’t know.”
Once he shouted angrily to his servants, “Why can’t I be happy? What must I do to be happy?”
One of his servants said, “Oh, my Chief! Look at the sky! How beautiful the moon and the stars are! Look at them and you will see how good life is. That will make you happier.”
“Oh, no, no, no!” the chief answered angrily. “When I look at the moon and the stars I become angry. Because I know I cannot get them.”
Then another servant said, “Oh, my Chief! What about music?
Music makes a man h.appy. We shall play to you from morning till night and music will make you happy. ”
The chief’s face became red with anger. “Oh, no, no, no, no!” he cried. “What a silly idea. Music is fine. But to listen to music from morning till night, day after day? Never! No. Never!”
So the servants went away. And the chief sat angrily in his rich room. Then one of the servants came back into the room and made a bow, “Oh, my Chief,” he said, “but I think I can tell you something that will make you very happy.”
“What is it?” asked the chief.
“It is very easy to do,” said ‘the servant. “You must find a h.appy man, take off his shirt and put it on. Then his happiness will go into your body and you will be as happy as he!”
“I like your idea,” said the chief. He sent his soldiers all over the country to look for a happy man. They went on and on. But it was not easy to find a happy man in the chief’s country. But one day the soldiers found a man in a small village who said, “I am the happiest man in the world.”
He was poor. But he always smiled and sang. The soldiers brought him to the chief. “At last I shall be a happy man!” said the chief and took off his shirt at once. “Bring the man in!” The door of the chief’s room opened. A small, dark man with a happ.y smile walked in.
“Come here, my friend!” said the chief. “Please take off your shirt!” The happy man with a little smile came up to the chief. The chief looked at him and saw what did he see? The happ,y man, the happiest man in the world, had no shirt! (http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Happy-Man.html)
staying with an attitude of thankfulness is always good for me. the good times come and go just like everything else. its best when im feeling good to reach out to others who might need a hand or a shoulder to cry on.
That is sooo glorious that one of our own is sharing her recovery on the road from around the world.
While we do have members in other countries this is the first time a member is communicating their experience outside of California.
Congrats Margot … you have are our first international zeeder.
Stay safe.
From half a world away (Uruguay) I send you greetings. Funny, the Program works here in Montevideo the same way it works in Pasadena, CA. My behavior works the same way as w ell. Thank God! My Higher Power happened to be in town the same time that I am. Who knew????