The Cure for Loneliness and Escape from old Hatreds and Despair – Step 7

WELCOME HOME TO THE MEETING WOMB –  “Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends – this is an experience you must not miss.” (The Big Book, p. 89)

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

(more…)

Continue ReadingThe Cure for Loneliness and Escape from old Hatreds and Despair – Step 7

How to Walk with Joyful Pride without Coming Off as Vain & Unappealing – Step 7

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.” – Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) English novelist and social commentator

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

 

(more…)

Continue ReadingHow to Walk with Joyful Pride without Coming Off as Vain & Unappealing – Step 7

What to Do when We Feel Broken, Battered and Beaten Down to the Ground – Step 7

BREATHE – “Here we ask God [or our H.P.* ] for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy.  [W]e don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.”  (The Big Book, p. 86)

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

(more…)

Continue ReadingWhat to Do when We Feel Broken, Battered and Beaten Down to the Ground – Step 7

The Keys to Living in Peace and Harmony – Step 7

From Margot E.: “I rush about frantically! I am running, running, running…from what? Myself? My own thoughts? My own pain? I am learning to slow down. Every thought does not require an action. I am learning to be still. [I] am learning to sit in the silence. I am learning to listen in the stillness and the silence for the voice of my Higher Power. The voice says, “You are never alone.”’ (on peace of mind)

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ
(more…)

Continue ReadingThe Keys to Living in Peace and Harmony – Step 7

Perhaps the Most Poignant Uses for the Pain We Hold Deep Inside – Step 7

“But if I can go through what I went through, if I can still live and go through that pain for life on earth to change for the best, let it be.” – Immacullee Ilibagiza ( 1972 – ) Rwandan-Tutsi survivor & author on the price of pain

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

(more…)

Continue ReadingPerhaps the Most Poignant Uses for the Pain We Hold Deep Inside – Step 7

The Grace to Hold onto That which “Must be Defended Against the Heaviest of Odds” – Step 7

“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.”

– Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) – India Independence Movement Leader from British rule

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

(more…)

Continue ReadingThe Grace to Hold onto That which “Must be Defended Against the Heaviest of Odds” – Step 7

The Ancient Wisdom of the Autumnal Season Unfolds – Step 7

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.”  Lin Yutang (1895 – 1976) writer & inventor of the 1st Chinese typewriter

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

(more…)

Continue ReadingThe Ancient Wisdom of the Autumnal Season Unfolds – Step 7

A Powerful Tool We often Forget to Use to Change the World for Good – Step 7

“The Serenity Prayer, to me, is the most beautiful prayer and poem ever written. It keeps me out of so much trouble. It is small enough not to slip into my pocket or purse, but to slip into my heart. I carry it with me and pull it out whenever I detect I am in trouble. I am learning to pull it out in times of gratitude as well: ‘God, thank you for granting me…’
Namaste” (From Margot E. Zonr Post)

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

(more…)

Continue ReadingA Powerful Tool We often Forget to Use to Change the World for Good – Step 7

Our Serenity Need Not be as Fleeting as Dandelions in a Spring Breeze – Step 7

“There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known. There was utter confidence. I felt lifted up, as though the great clean wind of a mountain top blew through and through.” (The Big Book, p. 14)

 – Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ

(more…)

Continue ReadingOur Serenity Need Not be as Fleeting as Dandelions in a Spring Breeze – Step 7