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Promise 2: Our self esteem will increase as we give ourselves approval on a daily basis.
It is a small miracle, for me, to write out this quote. In times past this phrase would have just gone on one ear- and out the other. Forgotten forever.
Inn the BRB there is an exercise on page 444- which is mirror work... on the bottom half of the page. It might seem really weird to actually talk with ourselves! ...
I workup on a mountain- and drive along rough mountain tracks. A week ago I was driving along and began to give myself healthy messages- aloud. Years filled my eyes- with joy. They were not wet heedless, blubbery tears... but more or less a deep shine in the eyes.
Today I can feel genuine joy and gratitude. Getting to this place- I thought was impossible.
I had managed top break to impossible bondage bought about by years of C-PTSD!
The reading for today emphasises the value of group involvement and group work. I found that this group work and play was possible here- with an online group. here i had the equivalent of many meetings a week! I can attend a meeting several times a day!
My hope is that members will come into ACA- at a younger and younger age. Where the deep resistance has not fully set in. A hope for the world and the future of the world! ... ...and for me, too... ... ... ...
went back to a reading, on the main board, with Rosie and PK. Back here after reading the Promises, with a renewed clarity.
Most things like this i used to think: "baa, phooey!" That was my impression of the world. Now I am looking at Promise 11. I have to believe that the writers and creators of these promises have undertaken the journey themselves. Sheila and fellow travellers...
The wisdom and release has to come from somewhere! ...
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