Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Last Friday
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Ate a cupcake,
where is my
will power ? ? ?
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One of the things I have learned in the rooms of AA
is that alcoholic drinks are made from fermented sugars
and once you stop drinking alcoholic beverages
the mind continues to crave the sugar and many soon
discover that they have substituted a new bad habit
for the old one.
Craving sugar, carbohydrates, candy, donuts, cakes,
pasta, bread, becomes the new bad habit
and if not watched carefully weight gain
can become a bigger problem.
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The "Steps We Take" Friday night's men's meeting
always reads a tradition on the last Friday of the month.
The tradition number corresponds to the month so this night
we read and discussed the Fourth Tradition.
The last Friday of the month is also sober anniversary
celebration night and as Jack was celebrating two years sober
we had cup cakes to celebrate. I ate two ...
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There is no such thing as a bad meeting,
it is just that some meetings are better than others,
the Men's Friday night meeting never fails to be one of the best.
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ME and the Boss
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The Whole Body Smile
Written a long time ago,
time to reprise, I need a smile.
The Whole Body Smile
Smile, it makes them wonder what you are up to.
No, not that smarmy, guilty looking grin that the Cheshire Cat wore
to help make Alice into the star she is today.
No, not that slight curvature of the corners of your mouth
that you force onto your face when the little old lady
pinches your cheek.
Yes, your real smile, the one that goes from the top of your
head all the way down to your toes, “the whole body smile.”
Never heard of it, don't know how to do it??
Just follow these simple instructions, these twelve easy steps:
1) Be happy: It is an attitude, just do it.
2) Clear your brain of any activity: (Like thinking) For most of us
there is no effort required, this is better known as our normal state of mind.
3) Open your eyes: Sparkling, smiling, laughing eyes are beautiful to behold
and the wonder is how those smiling eyes see things more clearly.
Every day something new is born into this world.
Smile, God made it just for you to enjoy.
4) Shut your mouth: You cannot hear when your mouth is moving,
nor can you smile when you mouth is moving.
5) Clean out your ears: Listen closely to others and heed the word of God.
God has endowed man with the ability to make beautiful music,
learn to listen and listen to enjoy.
6) Relax.: Ever notice that the back of your neck is always tense,
bad habit, smiles make the stress go away.
7) Follow your heart: Love enormously, love often and smile when you think of
those that you love. Remember that you may like things, you may enjoy things,
you may want things, but your only need is to love people, God and pets.
8) Hug everything, even trees: God has given you two arms and two hands
so that you may hold onto those things that make you smile, however,
we must remember that God’s will may take those things from us at anytime
and we must let go and learn to smile when we remember the good times.
Hand in hand we will do for each other what we cannot do alone
If you are holding my hand I cannot pick up a drink.
9) Trust your gut feelings: God has given you the intuitive instincts
to protect your feelings from being hurt.
Learn to smile when you say "I told you so."
10) Move out of the way: God has given you two legs to allow you
to motivate your body to places that are happy.
Go there.
Smile in anticipation while you are moving towards your happy destination,
and make the smile even larger when you have reached your goal.
11) Dance: God has given you two feet to celebrate the rest of your body.
Don't think about it, don't talk about it, see it, feel it, trust it,
listen to the music and move to the rhythm of God's earth.
12) Toes know: When your toes are happy,
you will know you have learned “the whole body smile.”
Smile, this is God's candid camera watching you do his will.
Be yourself...everyone else is already taken.
The Doctors orders are to repeat the process as often as necessary and share
with everyone whom you think would also benefit from “The Whole Body Smile.”
SMILE :)
Happiness is helping someone help themselves.
Michael_e :)
Friday, October 29, 2010
The Whole Body Smile
Smile, it makes them wonder what you are up to.
No, not that smarmy, guilty looking grin that the Cheshire Cat wore
to help make Alice into the star she is today.
No, not that slight curvature of the corners of your mouth
that you force onto your face when the little old lady
pinches your cheek.
Yes, your real smile, the one that goes from the top of your
head all the way down to your toes, “the whole body smile.”
Never heard of it, don't know how to do it??
Just follow these simple instructions, these twelve easy steps:
1) Be happy: It is an attitude, just do it.
2) Clear your brain of any activity: (Like thinking) For most of us
there is no effort required, this is better known as our normal state of mind.
3) Open your eyes: Sparkling, smiling, laughing eyes are beautiful to behold
and the wonder is how those smiling eyes see things more clearly.
Every day something new is born into this world.
Smile, God made it just for you to enjoy.
4) Shut your mouth: You cannot hear when your mouth is moving,
nor can you smile when you mouth is moving.
5) Clean out your ears: Listen closely to others and heed the word of God.
God has endowed man with the ability to make beautiful music,
learn to listen and listen to enjoy.
6) Relax.: Ever notice that the back of your neck is always tense,
bad habit, smiles make the stress go away.
7) Follow your heart: Love enormously, love often and smile when you think of
those that you love. Remember that you may like things, you may enjoy things,
you may want things, but your only need is to love people, God and pets.
8) Hug everything, even trees: God has given you two arms and two hands
so that you may hold onto those things that make you smile, however,
we must remember that God’s will may take those things from us at anytime
and we must let go and learn to smile when we remember the good times.
Hand in hand we will do for each other what we cannot do alone
If you are holding my hand I cannot pick up a drink.
9) Trust your gut feelings: God has given you the intuitive instincts
to protect your feelings from being hurt.
Learn to smile when you say "I told you so."
10) Move out of the way: God has given you two legs to allow you
to motivate your body to places that are happy.
Go there.
Smile in anticipation while you are moving towards your happy destination,
and make the smile even larger when you have reached your goal.
11) Dance: God has given you two feet to celebrate the rest of your body.
Don't think about it, don't talk about it, see it, feel it, trust it,
listen to the music and move to the rhythm of God's earth.
12) Toes know: When your toes are happy,
you will know you have learned “the whole body smile.”
Smile, this is God's candid camera watching you do his will.
Be yourself...everyone else is already taken.
The Doctors orders are to repeat the process as often as necessary and share
with everyone whom you think would also benefit from “The Whole Body Smile.”
SMILE :)
Happiness is helping someone help themselves.
Michael_e :)
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