Friends only
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
Self-seeking will slip away.
Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly realise that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
They will always materialise if we work for them.
My journal is friends only - simply because I like to know who is reading.
I am...
... Nicola
... 32
... in London, UK
... a sub-editor
... in recovery
... over-fond of ellipses
... lots more than this
I write a lot - usually daily - about everything and anything. When I say a lot, I mean a lot - 2,500-word entries are not uncommon.
I write a lot about recovery, because it is the best thing I have ever done, it is a continuing process and because I am still so overwhelmed by how different and wonderful life can be. The above passage, which is known as The Promises... this is my experience of recovery. It's given me a freedom, an amazing, fantastic freedom. It's changed me entirely.
I write honestly - because even though it does not come naturally, honesty has helped me to heal.
I put my heart and soul into what I write - and that's why I don't feel comfortable it being an open book online.
If you'd like to be on my friends list, I will be happy to add you - please comment.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
Self-seeking will slip away.
Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly realise that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
They will always materialise if we work for them.
My journal is friends only - simply because I like to know who is reading.
I am...
... Nicola
... 32
... in London, UK
... a sub-editor
... in recovery
... over-fond of ellipses
... lots more than this
I write a lot - usually daily - about everything and anything. When I say a lot, I mean a lot - 2,500-word entries are not uncommon.
I write a lot about recovery, because it is the best thing I have ever done, it is a continuing process and because I am still so overwhelmed by how different and wonderful life can be. The above passage, which is known as The Promises... this is my experience of recovery. It's given me a freedom, an amazing, fantastic freedom. It's changed me entirely.
I write honestly - because even though it does not come naturally, honesty has helped me to heal.
I put my heart and soul into what I write - and that's why I don't feel comfortable it being an open book online.
If you'd like to be on my friends list, I will be happy to add you - please comment.