We all hurt, we all have sorrows, and we all have doubts. Hurt, sorrow and doubt cannot be avoided, and we should not attempt to avoid hurt, sorrow and doubt. Hurt, sorrow and doubt are a part of us. We should embrace our hurt, our sorrow and our doubt, we should learn from our hurt, sorrow and doubt, and when we no longer need our hurt, sorrow and doubt we must let our hurt, sorrow and doubt go.

Our hurt, sorrow and doubt are not who we are, but if we bury hurt, sorrow an doubt, they become entwined in our soul, and hurt, sorrow and doubt become a part of who we are. Once buried within us, hurt, sorrow and doubt are difficult to find, and even when found, hurt, sorrow and doubt are difficult to extract. Many of us never do extract the hurt, sorrow and doubts which are buried within.

We all have doubts, we all have losses, and we all have occasional loneliness. We must not have fears. We must not have regrets. We must not carry guilt or our past mistakes within us. Fear, regret, guilt and past mistakes lead to insecurities.

We must not sleep with our problems. We must sleep on our problems. We must make our decisions with our soul. Our soul is the sum of us. We must ensure that our mind and our heart are balanced.

We must trust the instinct given to us with a faith born from experience that we have never gone wrong when we have followed our instinct, and we have always gone wrong when we do not have the courage of our convictions.

We must know ourselves and trust ourselves. We can compromise things, but we cannot compromise ourselves. We must know what is important, and we must know what does not really matter.

We all have moments when negative thoughts envelope us. We must learn from our negative thoughts, and we must lay our negative thoughts to rest. Our negative thoughts and feelings, and our past mistakes when we failed to learn, are our demons to be faced and fought and cast aside in victory.

We must respond when a friend reaches out, and we must reach out to a friend, when we perceive that we are needed. This will help us too if only to revisit a lesson. We must be content in the knowledge that we are wisely guided by advanced souls, a spirit guide, a guardian angel, past loved ones or God. We must know that the guidance is there, and that the label which we apply to the source of that guidance does not matter.

We must take time to reflect each day. We must let messages come to us. We must receive the lessons from the previous day or night, or our lifetime. We must understand the secret of happiness, and we must know true fulfilment which can only be obtained when we are our true selves. We must believe in ourselves.

We must have faith in the future. We must have the capacity to learn what we need to learn. We must have belief in our soul and our character. We must have a knowledge beyond doubt that we are worthwhile.

 

not drinking ---it's tuff right now--sick my man

been praying --going to get my butt  right back to a meeting

not gonna give up

just try again

I don't want to live this way

Hey--proud of yu my man!!  yaaa-thereve been a few moments Ive wanted to just give up too.

Gotta keep ploughin the snow, to keep some kind of a path down the road.

Keep trying Bud, Keep tryin.  To give up, is to die. Baby steps--forward!!

Youve gotta lot of days left yet, and too much to loose.

I know its hard. Damned hard. And it gets harder every time.

Just for today. You are not alone.

Well Rick Buddy--in about an hour Ive got to pick up some chemo pills, and take one.

Itll likely set me on my ass for 2 days at least. You want some pain? Ile trade yu that hangover right now.

There are consequences to every action my freind.

It sometimes has to rain, before the sun shines.

You know the route--you know what yu gotta do. One moment at a time-one hour at a time.

It isnt just about you. There are people around you that love you, and count on you-people on here that love you, and hold your hand, as you hold theirs.

You cant find that in a bottle. You just cant.

Rick. Thanks for the call. You help me buddy --it works both ways.

Answers Rick? Quit lookin.

You dont pick up today--you go to a meeting-you take what you need, and leave the rest.

Dont analyze the whys buddy. Theres no point to it.

You can analyze the whys from yesterday-till the cows come home, and while youre doing that, youre not living in today. Youre stuck.

We learn from yesterdays. Thats all.

Its what you do with today, that matters.

You know why you picked up--we talked about it.

Because, sometimes we wanna drink, more than we wanna stay sober. Pretty simple hu Bud.  Nothing to analyze.

The compulsion--If I pick up one drink--bells go off inside--and that big voice in there screams "Send me more!! and More!! And More!! and screw the consequences!!

Then there is no choice. We must comply. Its the addiction.

Keep it all simple my freind. Just do what yu gotta do today--for you.

Take care of tomorrow when tomorrow comes--dont put yourself down-youre no different than any of the rest of us.

Luv yu Bud.