Steps on our Road to Recovery

Daily Steps On Our Road to Recovery for 3 to 7 January 2000.

Published Last Week. A daily hint published each day since June 1996. This is past my third year anniversary since starting my web pages. Page Down for the next days that are added a day at a time. I have moved to http://www.recoverybydiscovery.com and this daily page is now here at daily.htm . I would appreciate any feedback, questions and suggestions that you have.

3 January 2000

How can we have a Happy New Year and Millennium?

One way, is to make each day from now on a celebration

of that day. Each day we are alive is a day to celebrate. We

do not need special days, to make each day special. The more

we celebrate, the more we have to celebrate. We could call

each day a being alive celebration day. Then we get more

aliveness to celebrate.

4 January 1999

Who do we depend on for our real happiness?

Ourselves. Others can not give us happiness, they can

only give themselves happiness.

Part of ourselves is our lord most high within.

Happiness is getting to know that part of ourselves.

When they are not happy it is more challenging

for us to be happy. However, it is still our choice

to be unhappy when they are unhappy.

I heard about someone who had become free,

but was concerned that they were not attached.

They went back on their meds and are now getting

attached to their meds. It takes courage to be free.

5 January 1999

Why did they not have enough courage?

Because they allowed themselves to be discouraged.

They had parents that were afraid of them being free.

They did not have a strong intention of getting free, no

matter what. The did have an intention of getting off

their medications, slowly. They were wise about that

and had a supporting doctor. They got their intention

on their medications. They just were not ready for

feeling detached and objective. They got a taste of

freedom as a side effect, but it was not yet their time

to remain free. That time is when they intend to be

free, free of their parents. That time is when they

intend to be free, in spite of any discouraging words.

That time, is when they intend to be free ,in spite of

what that is really like.

6 January 1999

What takes more courage?

It could take more courage to be more careful with

your meds, when children depend on you. Like everything

else, it just depends on our circumstances. And even when

we are careful with our meds, we could have ups and downs

come upon us, where we have a need for less of a crutch and

then for more of a crutch. Crutches do not heal, but they help

in our healing process.

7 January 1999

What also takes courage?

To feel our pains until we recover from them. To feel

and experience the sometimes strange symptoms of our

recovery processes.

Very Respectfully,

Michael Foster, MA

Your Recovery by Discovery Coach

https://www.recoverybydiscovery.com

Mikeemail

"Learn HOW to recovery by discovering the blocks you need to remove and the actions you need to take and what you need to let go of as your blocks to your blessings."

From my book in process, Recovery By Discovery, The Spiritual Cookbook (Generic Recipes for a Better Life)

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I started my daily page, because it is useful for me to look for some recovery tip or secret each day for my spiritual growth. we and I only need one secret to work on and let it work on me each day. They are secrets because they are usually the opposite of what the majority of society teaches. They must be secret because they are not commonly used. A friend of mine once said "Common Sense is not much in Common.". Now that I have grandchildren I am also writing for them. I would have really liked for my grandparents to have passed on what they learned.

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