Look and See

Look here...

Look there...

Do you see

what I see???


Do you see
the physical world
as reality,
or do you see
the world
as you would
like it to be???

Most importantly, how do you look at others???

Do you see the physical and make a snap judgment
as to whether you may or may not  like them???
Remember, beauty is but skin deep.

Do you take the time to listen to their heart so you can
decide if you want them to be a friend or a foe???
Love your enemies, after all you are the one who made them.

Do you look to see if they have a soul, a spiritual side,
that would help you decide who that person may be???
Learn to look and listen with the guidance of a Higher Power,
the One who knows everyone's soul.

Under the influence of an addictive personality one becomes
very selfish, self-centered, egotistical, a victim, and/or an
individual who cannot look and see another person as a person.
Other people become objects of instant gratification or a tool
to be manipulated to serve the "Great I".

Normal people take one look at a sick person and see that they
would or could never have a healthy relationship with them,
therefore, the sick are doomed to seek out the sick and the Devil
is paid his due in the divorce court, if they were stupid enough to
get married in the first place.

In recovery, humility, a common trait in normal people, is the most
elusive of spiritual concepts for the affected addict/alcoholic to understand.
In early recovery the drunk is virtually blind, they may think
they are looking but it is obvious that they cannot see.

Keep coming back.

As the simple program of recovery is practiced, the wreckage of the
past is disclosed and discarded,  the character defects are given to
a Higher Power, a spiritual tool kit is put together to help one see
the pathway to happy, joyous and free.
Even the long timer still needs the spiritual tool kit to have their vision
checked from time to time, just to make sure that their old stinking thinking
has not returned.

Today, have your vision checked, know your motives for looking,
and make sure that what you see is the will of your loving Higher Power.

Happiness is seeing this beautiful world as God intended it to be.

Michael_e

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