How an Open Hand and Mind can Heal a Badly Wounded Soul – Step 9
“Anger in a home is like rottenness in fruit.”
Talmud Sotah 3 (200 CE) central text of Rabbinic Judaism
Lo, the Winter Solstice – it Beckons Us to Dance in the Light of Eternal Youth – Step 9
DISCOVERING OUR INNER BEAUTY – “The most important results of the Ninth Step will be found within ourselves. This step teaches us a great deal about humility, love, selflessness, and forgiveness. We begin to heal from our addiction and no longer live with as many regrets.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 67)
The Only Option Left when the Heart is Clenched in a Fistful of Fear – Step 9
PRAY FOR PEACE –
“Whenever we
confront a difficulty
that we do not think we
can handle, we ask God
[or our Higher Power] to
do for us what we can
not do for ourselves.”
(The Basic Text,
p. 83)
The 8 Days Hanukkah Now begin: Where Love, Light & Peace Bring Us Together as One – Step 9
PEACE ON EARTH STARTS AT HOME - "As we have dealt lovingly with every person in our lives, our spiritual awakening has become a reality. To the best of our ability, we've cleaned up the wreckage of the past, and we are at peace with the world." (OA 12 & 12, p. 81) THE MIRACLE THAT SHINES LIGHT ALONG OUR HUMBLING PATH - "This is a very large order. It is a task which we may perform with increasing skill, but never really finish. Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women,…
How to Walk the Tightrope that Balances Our Strongest Assets – Step 9
WE STAND UP AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS –
“Strong, confident,
and well-rounded peo-
ple have formed values
and principles to live by and
believe deeply in their right-
ness. Such people live what
they believe and share those
beliefs with others in a
non-critical way when
asked.” (It Works,
How and Why,
p.45)
“Half Measures Availed Us Nothing” – Step 9
GOING ALL THE WAY- “With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start.” “Half measures availed us nothing.” (The Big Book, pp., 58-59)
How We can Do Better without “SHOULDING” All over Ourselves – Step 9
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher (on courage and persistence)
The Reasons Why “No Man is an Island” & “Every man … is a Part of the Main” – Step 9
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main;” – John Donne (1572 – 1631) English poet (on self-obsession)
Contrary to Popular Beliefs, “Courage is … Not Absence of Fear” – Step 9
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not the absence of fear.” – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) U.S., satirist/novelist
Today’s SFZ
The Courage to Face Our Ego’s “Pain-Body” – Step 9
“The pain-body, which is the dark shadow cast by the ego, is actually afraid of the light of your consciousness. It is afraid of being found out. ”
– Eckhart Tolle (1948 – ) German spiritual author
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