There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren't the way you had hoped they would be. That's when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down. But those are the times when you must remind yourself to trust your own judgments and opinions, to keep your life focused on believing in yourself. There will be challenges to face and changes to make in your life, and it is up to you to accept them. Constantly keep yourself headed in the right direction for you. It may not be easy at times, but in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of who you are. So when the days come that are filled with frustration and unexpected responsibilities, remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be. Because the challenges and changes will only help you to find the goals that you know are meant to come true for you. Keep Believing in Yourself

Posted by Woerts

The following e-books could be helpful:

 

My Journey Through Darkness

The shocking experiences of a young woman in the world of drugs and her difficult road to rehabilitation.

 

Underneath the Everlasting Arms

The true life story of a wife and mother faced with the gruelling situation when cultural differences and drugs shatter her family.

 

Beyond Yourself in Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making

 This e-book provides the reader with very powerful, tried and trusted information on thinking, problem solving and decision making when one is engulfed by the problems of life. This e-book is life itself.

The author of this book was faced with the real life situation of finding an income when his environment prohibited him of getting any. Being a very analytical type of person, he first looked at the thinking processes in his own mind, and from there he worked towards a solution to solve his and other people’s problems. These thinking processes and the ultimate solution to his problems are described in this book.

If you feel that you are entrapped by your circumstances, then this is the book for you. It will lead you to the discovering and mastering of your own hidden resources.

Resources that could be helpful:

 

1) Released from Shame: Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families by Sandra D. Wilson

2) On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the door to healing for survivors of sexual abuse by Diane Mandt Langberg, Ph.D.

3) Freedom From Self-Defeating Behavior (an excerpt from "Beyond Dependency" an e-book- -Written by Guy Finley - Submitted on 2/7/2004.

4) Healing/Recovery/Restoration Resources - http://www.protectkids.com/effects/resources.htm

5) Home - Paths To Recovery - http://www.mosa.ca/recovery/

6) SELF HELP RECOVERY.COM© : The Accelerated Recovery Process™ - http://www.selfhelprecovery.com/

7) Shame Theory - http://www.quest.msu.edu/psy325/shame.html

8) Welcome to Abandonment Recovery.com - http://www.abandonmentrecovery.com/

9) Codependency Recovery: Wounded Souls Dancing in The Light - http://www.joy2meu.com/Codependency_Recovery.html

10) http://www.hopelinks.net/codependency/grief_loss.html

Posted by Mazie1234

When we feel down we are too shy to talk with AA friends

just say a quick prayer God will Guide you into meeting and loving people.

Black Sheep, Black Sheep

 Consolation from the throne

Charlotte Russell Johnson

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Where have you been…

Hiding with your lovers, hiding with your friends…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Where have you been…

Don’t you understand…

I’m your everlasting friend…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Why are you in so much pain…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Don’t you understand…

The king’s heart is in My hand…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Why have you lost hope…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Don’t you understand…

I can help you cope…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Why do you cry…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Don’t you understand…

I’m here to dry your eyes…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Why is your head down…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Don’t you understand…

I’m preparing your crown…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Why are you looking for temporal gain…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Don’t you understand…

Life in Me is eternal gain…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Why worry, why fret…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Don’t you understand…

I know your name…

I engraved it in the palms of My hands…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Why so much anguish and pain…

Black Sheep, Black Sheep…

Don’t you understand…

I understand rejection…

I understand pain…

read more at www.reachingbeyond.net

PARENTAL OBSERVATIONS

- A baby usually wakes up in the wee-wee hours of the
morning.

- A child will not spill on a dirty floor.

- A young child is a noise with dirt on it.

- A youth becomes a man when the marks he wants to leave on
the world have nothing to do with tires.

- An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.

- Avenge yourself; live long enough to be a problem to your
children.

- Be nice to your kids, for it is they who will choose your
nursing home.

- God invented mothers because he couldn't be everywhere at
once.

- Having children is like having a bowling alley installed
in your brain.

- Having children will turn you into your parents.

- If a child looks like his father, that's heredity; if he
looks like a neighbor, that's environment.

- If you have trouble getting your children's attention,
just sit down and look comfortable.

- It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to
educate his father.

- It rarely occurs to teenagers that the day will come when
they'll know as little as their parents.

- Money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in
touch.

- Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given
birth.

- One child is often not enough, but two children can be far
too many.

- You can learn many things from children... like how much
patience you have.

- Summer vacation is a time when parents realize that
teachers are grossly underpaid.

- The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the
volume knob also turns to the left.

- There would be fewer problems with children if they had to
chop wood to keep the television set going.

- Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.

  from THE MOUTHPIECE   @ http://www.the-mouth.com

Humility

*********

Perpetual quietness of heart.

It is to have no trouble.

It is never to be fretted or

vexed, irritable or sore.

To wonder at nothing that is

done to me,

to feel nothing done against

me.

It is to be at rest when

no one praises me,

and when I am blamed

or despised,

it is to have a blessed home

within myself,

where I can go and

shut the door,

and pray to my Higher Power in secret

and be at peace,

as in a deep sea of calmness,

when all around is seeming troubled.

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Turning Lead into Gold

John Lennon once said, "Life is what happens to us when we are busy making other plans." As you follow the path of the inner voice with its fruits of peace and joy, you will also encounter your share of tests and challenges. While it is natural to ask, "Why me?" when adversity strikes, feeling victimized leaves you powerless to change the
situation.

A better approach is to emulate the "triumphant survivors," those individuals who emerge from their ordeals strengthened and renewed. They understand the universal law that every adversity contains within it the seeds of an equivalent or greater good. The triumphant survivor says, "I would rather not have to deal with this challenge, but as long as I must, I will use it as an opportunity to grow and transform."

When adversity is faced in this way, miracles happen. The apparent curse becomes a divine blessing. Uninvited situations bring life-changing lessons. Here, then, is the alchemical secret--by using everything for our spiritual growth, we become victor instead of victim. By looking for the good in all things, we turn lead into gold.

This thought for the day comes from the book
Listening to Your Inner Voice by Douglas Bloch copyright 1991

By Paul Harvey

We tried so hard to make things better for  our kids that we made  them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would. I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen. It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him. When you want to see a movie and your little brother wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him. I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. On rainy days when you have to catch a ride,  I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom. If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head. I hope you get teased by your friends when you haveyour first crush on a girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like. May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole. I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend. I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy  during the holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand. These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life. Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you. Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by accepting favors, but by doing them.

EXPRESSIONS HEARD FROM WOMEN ON DAYS THEY WERE HIGHLY STRESSED...

1.   You - Off my planet.

2.   Not the brightest crayon in the box now, are we?
3.   Errors have been made.  Others will be blamed.
4.   And your cry baby whiny-as_ed opinion would be......?
5.   I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for 30 years.
6.   Allow me to introduce my selves...............
7.   Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
8.   Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
9.   I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.

10. Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you weren't
asleep.
11.  I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one.
12.  How many times do I have to flush before you go away?
13.  I just want revenge.  Is that so wrong?
14.  You say I'm a bi_ch like it's a bad thing.
15.  Nice perfume.  Must you marinate in it?
16.  Chaos, panic and disorder - my work here is done.
17.  Earth is full!  You can go home now.
18.  Is it time for your medicaiton or mine?
19.  How do I change my laser printer into a stun gun?
20.  I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert.