THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21, 2010

In every community, there is work to do be done.

In every nation, there are wounds to heal.

In every heart, there is the power to do it.

-- Marianne Williamson

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Global State of Mind hosts blogging for our members in recovery. You may click on their names to the right for their perspectives on the journey to serenity. If you wish to blog here, please email your bio to barbn@globalstateofmind.com .

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NEWS OF INTEREST

Step One:  We have choices, not control.  We move toward hope.   

Step Two:  Open your heart and mind to the possibility of trust.

Step Three:  Get on board. Set a discipline for yourself and realize the presence of a Higher Power.  When you pray, believe you have received.

Step Four:  This step is an opportunity to move your life in a positive direction.  We are asked to look at our role.

Step Five:  By saying it outloud, we begin to get honest with ourselves.

Step Six:  This step is about grace.  The key to being ready.  I must accept my part in the relationship with my Higher Power.

Step Seven:  We ask for help...from the heart.  We cannot cure ourselves.

Step Eight:  We become ready to forgive.  We must stay in a perpetual state of willingness.

Step Nine:  We have an opportunity to be the kind of person we would like to be.  We always check our motives.

Step Ten:  I am invited to grow up, to be responsible.  When i continue to take personal inventory I can live my life pecefully with God's other children.  I get to decide how important my serenity is to me.

Step Eleven:  Prayer is talking to my Higher Power, asking for direction; meditation is listening for direction.  This step is about my humility and courage.

Step Twelve:  Share our experience, strength and hope.

February 2010 Forum Magazine Pgs 6 & 7.