In continuation from my last post, here are some more things I learned from Jasepe:
Give it to God and Let Go!
Again powerful stuff, too often I forget that I have my Higher Being on my side that he will take my burdens upon him self and lighten my load
Wizard of Oz vs. Alcoholic's Anonymous
Say what? How cool was this analogy, that our addictions, depression etc is like the tornado ripping through the lives of the ones we love, I'm sure Rob can attest I have been like a tornado, or a poisonous snake and he has never known when I am going to or when I will strike....biting his head off, ripping him a new one, snapping at him like a snapping turtle.
He compared Glinda to being the AA Sponsor (or in my case my mental health sponsor) and that she had to follow the yellow brick road (12 steps), she met the Scarecrow that had no brain, the Tin Man who had no heart, then in 30 days she med the Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!, and met the Lion with no courage which symbolizes the 3rd AA Step. He compared the Emerald City to the 7th AA Step.
Then Dorothy contacts her sponsor "Glinda" and she has a realization that everything that she has been looking for could be found at home, or within her. It was her 'awakening' as she realized that everything she would ever need, or desire can be found within.
During this scene, The Scarecrow scolds
Glinda, The Good Witch of the North, played by Billie Burke, for not
informing Dorothy that she possessed this power all along and that she
didn't need The Wizard, or anyone else, to return her back to her
beloved Kansas.
Glinda laughs and says to The
Scarecrow, "she wouldn't have believed me, she had to learn it for
herself." And thus, "The Wizard of Oz" embodies the odyssey in the
self-discovery of the tremendous power that lies within all of us, that
we have mostly forgotten.
All Dorothy had to do was click her heels 3 times and say "There is no place like home"
There is no place like home and I am never leaving my recovery.
Act a new way --> Begin to think a new way
So true, and how was it that I said yesterday that because I was more open to realize I have misconstrued thinking.....Rob didn't say what he did about the potato chips to hurt me, it was him just asking for more but because of my skewed thinking I took it wrong.
Our Counselor said something that I really liked:
Have to ---> eventually becomes Want to -----> Eventually becomes Get To
She was saying this in reference to attending AA Meetings but this can apply to me in my mental health recovery as well, I have to take my pills and it will eventually become I will want to take my pills to I Get to Take my pills.
FEAR = Future Events Appearing Real
It's Hard ---> I'm not willing
How true, that when we say It's too hard to change the way I think about myself, when in reality it's more like I'm not willing to change the way I think (which totally isn't true, I am so ready and open to change).
Sports Team Practice before games/competitions
It is best to call your sponsor etc BEFORE you need them, it will make it that much easier to pick up the phone to call them when you don't. I am so looking forward to my phone calls from Jen each day, it lifts me up and brings us closer togetther
Knowledge is the belief that the disease is always in our head, move it to your heart and give it to a higher power.
Confusion is good because it means you have an open door to change, you are open to something new.
Our assignement: 1 new thing you are going to try today:
Mine was come up with a positive Affirmation
"I am a beautiful, sexy, compassionate, healthy, wonderful, powerful woman"
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