And so, I Blog!!

Soooo, everybody is blogging except for Moi? Is this the newest form of writing? Are we headed towards the reality of the movie "Fahrenheit 451 "? What a tragedy that would be!! I have tried Twitter~for about 48 hours ,not for me at all! I do Facebook, but also find it to be truly surfacy and a bit of a waste of my time. I like to write, not twit or mindlessly comment. So, I guess I will. :) Here I will share on the most precious thing in my life, my recovery and my spiritual journey. If my only audience is that of the ether, that will be good enough ... for I write not to be read, but because I am called to write!!! And so, I blog!!
I will begin with the daily readings from the book:
A Grateful Heart ~ 365 ways to give thanks at mealtime edited by MJ Ryan
The Winter Prayers began on the first day of winter ~ so I am begining there. The winter prayers begin with this thought:
A thankful soul is thankful under all circumstances, a complaining soul complains even if he lives in paradise. -BAHA'U'LLAH
Please join me in thought-provoking conversaton! Namaste' Cate

Sunday, December 25, 2011

So Much Happiness

It is difficult to know what to do ,
     with so much happiness.
With sadness there is something to rub against,
a wound to tend with lotion and cloth.
When the world falls in around you, you have pieces to pick up,
something to hold in your hands,
     like ticket stubs and change.

But happiness floats.
It doesn't need you to hold it down.
It doesn't need anything.
Happiness lands  on the roof of the
     next house, singing,
and dissapears when it wants to.
You are happy either way.
Even the fact that you once lived in
     a peaceful tree house
and now live in a quarry of noise and dust
cannot make yu unhappy.
Everything has a life of its own,
it too could wake up with possibilities
of coffee cake and ripe peaches,
and love even the floor that needs to be swept,
the soiled linens and scratched records...

Since there is no place large enough
to contain so much happiness,
you shrug, you raise your hands,
and it flows out of you
into everything you touch.  You are not responsible.
You take no credit, as the night sky takes no credit
for the moon, but continues to hold it, and share it,
and in that way, be known.
                                  -NAOMI SHIHAB NYE


There is such a wealth of imagery to fill my Spirit within this wonderful reading.  Ah yes, i can even love the floor that needs to be swept ... and true happiness can flow from within me without any effort at all ... if I am centered, if I am working my program, if I am living God's will instead of tripping over my own. 

Merry Merry Christmas to ONE and all!!! 
May your 12 step journey bring you HOME to your own happiness!!
Love, Cate
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