“GETTING OUR HOUSE IN ORDER” – “We become willing to let other people be who they are without having to pass judgment on them. The urgency to take care of things isn’t there anymore.” “[Our Higher Power] is helping us get our house in order.” (It Works, How and Why, p. 58)
WHERE ALL ROADS SHOULD LEAD TO – “At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself.” Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to [our H.P.] and the people about us.” (12 & 12, p. 80)
“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” – Arthur Ashe (1943 – 1993) Afro-American Tennis Champion & Social Activist
People Get Ready … The Train’s a comin’
Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke (3:10)
Arthur Ashe Brief Bio (1:57)
A Mongolian Shaman’s Journey Drum Meditation (8:28)
In what area’s of your life have you noticed that “the journey is more important than the outcome” lately?
The Lion and His Partners :
The goat, the sheep and the cow went into business with the lion. Just as in every company, it was agreed that costs and profits would be divided equally.
It happened that they trapped a deer and held a shareholders meeting in order to apportion it out.
In fact, the lion was most meticulous about dividing the catch into four equal parts. ‘I shall take the first share,’ he said, ‘because it is my right to do so being King of the Forest. I shall also take the second and also the third, because I’m the strongest. Should you lay claim to the rest, then I shall make a meal of you as well!’
I played “People Get Ready” over and over; I am calmed by the words and reassured of the words of the 12th Step: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps…” That is the train that is coming.
Did the Shaman Drum Meditation and let go of about of a BILLION pounds of pressure I’d been holding onto psychologically and emotionally – it all came out in the physcial release of stretching I was “led to” when I did the meditation. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! I am definitely saving this one – I save a lot of SFZ’s but this is mindblower!!! thank you!!!
I am currently in a state of extreme anxiety. About what? About everything! I do not need a reason to worry. How do I stop doing this? I need to re-learn Step 7. It is only with and through my Higher Power that I can eliminate this excessive worry, this anxiety. When I am most afraid humbly to ask my Higher Power – when I forget that I have a Higher Power, is generally when I most need my HP. All I need is faith to hear the diesel coming – let go and let God. I say it again, Let go and let God, and once more “Let go and let God…”
I love this line, “People Get ready, There’s a Train a’comin’, You don’t need no ticket, you just get on board.”
Its like if your willing, the spirit will take you where you need to go, all you got to be is be willing. Pretty hopeful.
Not worrying about having the right job boyfriend a certain amount of money etc
Etc. Makes it easier to stay in the moment and be useful to god and others.
Learning to be content in whatever state im in..