One of our freinds here guys, starts a new journey tonight.

I think shes so excited that she just wants to giddy up go.

Ive been sharing a lot with Ellen over the last few weeks re mail-and I honestly think that shes helped me more than Ive helped her.

Thats what its all about, as we share, experience strength and hope with each other.

We wish her all the best--and may God be with her.

Im sure when she gets settled shele be back with us again.

I can share with you, that one of the biggies that we have shared is about  how life is short.

We are sober. We are free to make choices. We dont hafta be stuck in ruts.

Theres always risk involved in new choices. If one fails, at least they can say "Well I tried"

Without taking risks, we never know just what we are capable of doing for us.

Ellen? until you return to us-we love you--go get em gal!!

Have some fun. Loosen up a bit. Enjoy life!

We do not have to be so somber and serious. We do not have to be so reflective, so critical, so bound up within the rigid parameters and ourselves others, and often ourselves, have placed around us.

This is life, not a funeral service. Have some fun with it. Enter into it. Participate. Experiment. Take a risk. Be spontaneous. Do not always be so concerned about doing it right, doing the appropriate thing.

Do not always be so concerned about what others will think or say. What they think and say are their issues not ours. Do not be so afraid of making a mistake. Do not be so fearful and proper. Do not inhibit yourself so much.

God did not intend us to be so inhibited, so restricted, so controlled. These repressive parameters are what other people have imposed on us, what we have allowed to be done to us.

We were created fully human. We were given emotions, desires, hopes, dreams, feelings. There is an alive, excited, fun loving child in us somewhere! Let it come out! Let it come alive! Let it have some fun - not just for two hours on Saturday evening. Bring it with us. Let it help us enjoy this gift of being alive, being fully human, and being who we are!

So many rules. So much shame we've lived with. It simply isn't necessary. We have been brainwashed. It is time now to free ourselves, let ourselves go, and enter fully human into a full life.

Don't worry. We will learn our lessons when necessary. We have learned discipline. We will not go awry. What will happen is that we will begin enjoying life. We will begin enjoying and experiencing our whole self. We can trust ourselves. We have boundaries now. We have our program for a foundation. We can afford to experiment and experience. We are in touch with our Higher Power and ourselves. We are being guided, but a frozen, inanimate object cannot be guided. it cannot even be moved.

Have some fun. Loosen up a bit. Break a few rules. God won't punish us. We do not have to allow people to punish us. And we can stop punishing ourselves. As long as we're here and alive, let's begin to live.

Today, I will let myself have some fun with life. I will loosen up a bit, knowing I won't crack and break. God, help me let go of my need to be so inhibited, proper, and repressed. Help me inject a big dose of life into myself by letting myself be fully alive and human.

WHERE DID MY POST GO????????

PHIL I LIKE HAVE SOME FUN

I'M A POOR TYPIST-- AND MY NICE POST IS GONE!!!     

ANYWAY HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL   RICK

Hey Ellen, I will miss you, hope all goes well. We'll be here when you start posting again.

Stay sober and keep it simple.

(((Hugs)))

GammyRose