Addiction Help

AN APPROACH TO TODAY

Once again, along comes my coaching mentor Dr. Randin Brons with another Idea Engineer. Thought provoking.
Couple this approach with the question you should ask each day about actions you are contemplating –“How important is it?”- and your days may become a pleasant dance with more balance than you thought possible! A reminder, if you want to improve your daily balance I offer a free checklist for balance at www.hopeserenity.ca. Dance through your day
"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans: it's lovely to be silly at the right moment." -- Horace
Today, we invite you to do the Take-Your-Time Tango. In his book 'Games for the Soul,' Drew Leder challenges us to dance through our days with the graceful, slow elegance of a tango dancer.
Slow down a notch," Leder counsels. "Do whatever you do in a calm and leisurely fashion. ... As much as possible, don't be driven by inner fear, external deadlines, or rushed companions to stumble through a speeded-up dance. Act as if you have all the time in the world. Come to think of it, you do: No one else has any more hours."
So stand (or sit) tall. Raise your chin as you gather your full concentration, dignity and self confidence to glide smoothly and beautifully through the day.
"We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigour, the mystery, the humour, the variety, and the wonder of life." -- Martha Graham
I love to “dance through my days” and sometimes it is a tango. One of the joys of my life is working with others in what I guess could be considered a life dance lesson. I’m grateful for the teachers I had! Life is for living and laughing!!

SLIP SLIDING AWAY

I remember this song so well, and it had a whole new meaning to me.

I have seen too many lives just "slip sliding away.

Although the context I will reference has to do with addictions, it relates as appropriately to any major life change a person makes. As an example, I have seen people who have spent a lot of time and money on weight loss just let their progress slip slide away.

Remember your spiritual side

Every time I travel, I am reminded how important a spiritual life is to my enjoyment of life. While I personally don't darken the doors of too many churches, I've enjoyed a week or so away where concious contact with a Higher Power I have come to know was at a very high level. Today in going through my email, I was pleased to get the following from my coaching mentor, Dr. Randin Brons.

Nice to get a break from the snow,even when temperatures here in Alabama are below seasonal norms. Go figure, it will warm up considerably the day we are leaving and next week will be great. Timing is everything.
That being said, the trip has provided a much needed break and change in surroundings. It has also been a great reminder of how much better life is on a journey of recovery. I am truly grateful for the changes in my life.