4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
This song, “Mirror Mirror” by new artist Diane Birch strongly reminds me of something. When I was 42 years old I received a gift. A really great one. The Universe must have decided I was ready to receive the gift of Introspection. It had prepared [...]]]>
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
This song, “Mirror Mirror” by new artist Diane Birch strongly reminds me of something. When I was 42 years old I received a gift. A really great one. The Universe must have decided I was ready to receive the gift of Introspection. It had prepared me properly for it by giving me free rein to use my thoughts, words and actions to thoroughly mess up my life, over and over again! So at age 42 I did my first 4th step.
I remember taking it very seriously. I was actually looking forward to it, as opposed to the many people I know who dread it. I sat down with pen, journal, and the time to do it justice. It became one of those experiences that are forever etched in memory. I started writing down my first character flaw, then the second. I started writing faster because I had a long list of “issues” in my head and didn’t want to forget them as I was writing them down. When I got to about twenty, and actually saw the mess that was me, the tears started to flow. I got to thirty… then forty… I stopped somewhere around 50. By then, the tears were mixed with smiles and outright laughter. You see, the tears were only a little about the pain. They were mainly tears of joy! In those moments, I saw the problem, and the solution! I saw that I alone was responsible for the mess I was in, and not everyone else. I truly realized what an imperfect person I really am, jumped off my pedestal for good, and joined the human race.
I have a mountain of flaws and defects. I am a “project.” I’m okay with that. I don’t mind working long and hard at difficult projects, especially when they are me! What I’m grateful for is the awareness of exactly what the problems are. When I know the problems, the solutions are close behind. The gift of 4th step introspection gave that to me. The key. And I value it because I know that not everyone gets to have this gift. For whatever reason, many people are unable to really look inside.
So, thank you Diane, for this nice reminder. And thank you for your lovely youthful spirit that shines brightly in “Bible Belt.”
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Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. Sometimes we evolve, and sometimes we simply come around full circle, back to the beginning. A new beginning.
Springtime is like that, a renewal of life. Easter is like that, a renewal of the spirit. Past the withering of our Fall, past the suffering of our [...]]]>
Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. Sometimes we evolve, and sometimes we simply come around full circle, back to the beginning. A new beginning.
Springtime is like that, a renewal of life. Easter is like that, a renewal of the spirit. Past the withering of our Fall, past the suffering of our Winter, is the Spring of another chance. A fresh start full of hope that this year everything will be well and good. The seed of hope is grounded in the wisdom earned through past mistakes, and watered by the Universe itself as it endeavors to make our dreams come true. That is the great promise!
Como la semilla Like the seed
Lleva nueva vida Carries new life
Hay en esta primavera una nueva era There is in this Spring a new age!
Lluvia de sol Raindrops of sunshine
Como una bendición Like a blessing
La vida renace a plena luz Life is reborn in full light
La primavera ya llego Spring has arrived!
Todo es así Everything is like this
Regreso a la raíz Returning to the roots
Tiempo de inquieta juventud Time for restless youth
En primavera ya In Springtime!
La tierra negra se vuelve verde The blackened earth turns green
Y las montañas y el desierto And the mountains and the desert
Un bello jardín A beautiful garden!
Como la semilla Like the seed
Lleva nueva vida Carries new life
Hay en esta primavera una nueva era There is in this Spring another chance!
En el aire de este nuevo universo In the air of this new universe
Hoy se respira libertad Today we breathe freedom
En primavera ya In Springtime!
La tierra negra se vuelve verde The charred earth turns green
Y las montañas y el desierto And the mountains and the desert
Un bello jardín A beautiful garden!
Como la semilla Like the seed
Lleva nueva vida Carries new life
Hay en esta primavera una nueva era There is in this Spring a new promise!
People of the world! Children of the world!
I look forward to a future where we all live together in peace and understanding. It is not a pipe dream. We can make it happen, if we each do our own part.
On November 5, 2009, the people [...]]]>
People of the world! Children of the world!
I look forward to a future where we all live together in peace and understanding. It is not a pipe dream. We can make it happen, if we each do our own part.
On November 5, 2009, the people of the world will get together on the same wavelength, in a spirit of universal love: The BlogBlast for Peace!
Please join us! Your part is important!
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I believe this video of Stevie Ray Vaughan was from his second appearance on Austin City Limits, after he had licked his drug and alcoholic demons, before dying an untimely death. He was tryin’ to make it right, in his own unique way.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Caught up in a whirlwind can’t catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water broke out in a cold sweat
Can’t catch a turtle in this rat race
Feels like I’m losin’ time at a breakneck pace
Afraid of my own shadow in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness spotlight on my face
There was love all around me but I was lookin’ for revenge
Thank God it never found me would have been the end
(I was) walkin’ the tightrope steppin’ on my friends
Walkin’ the tightrope (it) was a shame and a sin
Walkin’ the tightrope between wrong and right
Walkin’ the tightrope both day and night
Lookin’ back in front of me in the mirror’s a grin
Through eyes of love I see I’m really lookin’ at a friend
We’ve all had our problems that’s the way life is
My heart goes out to others who are there to make amends
We’ve been walkin’ the tightrope tryin’ to make it right
Walkin’ the tightrope every day and every night
Walkin’ the tightrope bring it all around
Walkin’ the tightrope from the lost to found
Walkin’ the tightrope stretched around the world
Walkin’ the tightrope save the boys and girls
Walkin’ the tightrope let’s make it right
Walkin’ the tightrope do it do it tonight
Walkin’ the tightrope
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