Who Knew?

I didn't go to a meeting yesterday.  I felt wiped-out from Saturday's experience.  Not in a bad way.  Just pooped.  LOL  As the aging process unfolds I notice more and more limitations.  It ain't cute, let me tell you.  September 2, I will be 59 years old, GOD-willing and the creek don't rise.  Age is a privilege.  "It is what it is", a quote by a wise woman named June (Honey Boo Boo's mother).

I'm waiting to hear from a Spanish speaking Alanon "baby" who agreed to call me in the mornings and help me with practice reading How Alanon Works.  My Spanish speaking and reading skills are atrocious.  I know.  It's evidenced by the the wincing, however fleeting, on the faces of adept speakers.   No matter.  Asking forgiveness along the way, I keep working on learning in hopes of being of maximum service to my Higher Power.  To carry a solution-based message in Spanish is definitely a high-fluting goal!

...In All Our Affairs, p.228, "I'll never graduate.  At times GOD still allows part of the pain from the past to surface to be dealt with, but only when I am capable of handling it.  This is a program for living, and even as old age creeps in, I feel I can still be of service and continue to grow and learn."

Jeesh.  Who knew I would read this today?

Dear GOD Almighty Creator, how amazingly wonderful YOU are.  Thank YOU for the multiple blessings YOU bestow on us all.  We need YOU, Lord, every day and in every way to show us the direction YOU want us to go.  Lead, O Lord, and let us not lean on our own understanding but instead on YOU.  YOU are our Creator, the Source, The One...As YOU Will.  Love, Carol xoxox

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