With trust, belief in self, love and a spiritual understanding of self-acceptance I know that it is alright to find myself in pain, to have made mistakes and to know that I am not perfect. Self acceptance will permit balance in my life skills. I don’t have to look for the approval of others because I’m satisfied with being myself. Accepting me as I am means that I’m alright, that I’m not perfect, and that I can improve… I am improving

Life is like a bus stop. We map out our route but linger briefly between adventures. Only I you can chart your itinerary – and hope GOD agrees with it.

Placidly amid the noise and haste remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others you may become vain and bitter; for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection, neither be cynical of love; for in the face of all aridity disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of the spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have the right to be here.

Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with GOD whoever you conceive him to be. Whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

I am not what I should be

I am not a fraction of what I deserve to be

I think; therefore I feel

I feel; therefore I need

I need so much and have so little

I seek; therefore I gather

I gather; therefore I grow

This, and only this is where the hole in my soul has been filled

So as, I felt and needed

I gathered and grew

I keep discovering a new sense of Hope

Myself!

“Evolution”

I used to drink because I thought I was sad.

Now I’m sad because I drink

~ Kenneth G.