April 25 2025 Pancake Marathon
- Apr 25
- 4 min read
You may think that there are a thousand different things being done in recovery, really there's just a thousand different ways of saying a few simple things.
There's that thing, what is it, it's something; I can feel it. is it me, as coming to my own, is it life showing up because I have; is it just me realizing how great I feel.
for in truth it comes to the simple fact of I have come where I've come from and two, yes have I been working out: I have this is true; now it's not the extreme means of itself of a couple of hours or whatever it may be: it's a simple fact of this that I show up and I'm doing it.
So yes I've been working out, because there's more to life than just recovery itself; now that might sound strange to those who are just getting started in recovery and back into their life: for both are the same.
and yet it's not that we ever stopped living/ dreaming/ and even having good and bad days, it's the fact that we are recognizing that we're not running from our lives anymore; that's maybe a key factor here?
I have shown up in my life, I put pieces back together and I even forgiven those pieces that I once accepted hurt: as I have deemed that gift to be; yet in truth it comes down to this: “ one man's trash is another man's treasure.”
and even at the same point of it all, I have a sponsee that just is within their own strength of itself and that poses a challenge ( a new lesson to learn from/
“the teacher only appears when the students ready/
there's no bad student there's only a bad teacher.”
Or even this is a challenge to comprehend, that it does come down to that simple fact of: everything is what it is and it's up to me through my intent: to see it as I do
so in truth there is no Bad Teacher, it's just the teacher is yet just a teacher as maybe they are just now a student and that student is now the teacher
for we are all learning things from each other.)
As I put the tools of life that I have: the moments of how I have manifested through recovery and even that of just realizing the power of anonymity and just doing it because I can and so I will; for have always been capable it's just I kept telling myself I can't.
for within that word “can't,” it's truly: “can” and “not;” For that's the thing that sometimes we carry a cross(t): As that cross that we carry is represented as the “t.”; and yet that also brings forth this metaphor of how it takes more energy to frown than it does to smile.
so if it takes more effort to frown than to smile, for then wouldn't it be that if I took all that effort into building that habit(manifestation) through my efforts ( actions/ goals( plan)/ the steps within recovery itself: all done through my efforts) As how I will show up in my life; all deemed through that of my understanding of God/ the state of serenity/ non-judgmental state of emotions/ Nirvana/ sanity/ what I can bring to the table( even if I have to build that table, that is my showcasing as I bringing something to that table).
So as I go back to touching on how my sponsee's strength is not through the traditional step work that I have to give, it's simply that of the steps for himself; they have a challenge within reading/ Writing/ and even that of just comprehending to recall/ remember, what they did or what it says.
and so that's living life on life's terms, how life and Recovery has this built-in evolution upon itself; as we just call that life on life's terms: dealing the hands that we've been dealt.
Now we can all play the hand that we've been dealt and we can all make lemonade out of lemons. What I would do with the lemons is to make a lemonade stand; and then that becomes a hand that I've been dealt.
Topic
show up: The moment that I show up: is a moment that I can see a spiritual awakening/ a miracle, for sometimes we are also willing to shoot the messenger: holding hostage a lesson that we choose not to learn; it's in this realization/ reflection, that I see my unrealistic expectations( myself seeking cannot handle Life On Life's terms: regardless if it's right or wrong as a whole, that's not reality at that moment) that creates resentments ( anger)/ that then leads to a relapse: “ resentment is the number one offender of recovery.”
How: Honest Open willing
For maybe “how,” is “what,” to you or is your “why?”
Why: welcoming home yourself
What: Wonder How About today?
But it's about finding your why/what (Purpose) through how (efforts) you are going to do it.
show up:
Honesty👀
The moment that I show up: is a moment that I can see a spiritual awakening/ a miracle,
Open-mindedness👀
for sometimes we are also willing to shoot the messenger: holding hostage a lesson that we choose not to learn;
Willingness 👀
it's in this realization/ reflection, that I see my unrealistic expectations( myself seeking cannot handle Life On Life's terms: regardless if it's right or wrong as a whole, that's not reality at that moment) that creates resentments ( anger)/ that then leads to a relapse: “ resentment is the number one offender of recovery.”
APS: Acronyms (bold) Principles (italic) Slogans (underlined)
Slogans are wisdom written in shorthand and Acronyms are just the sum/the Virtues, of all that wisdom: WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives
As I show up for that miracle through trusting God because somehow all I really want is sanity and serenity; to know a new piece and a New Freedom.
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