it has been an eventful year seems this one is following suite put in a corner promised the simplkethings yet look where I stand Alone not in the NA sense for there I know I will never be alone. Iwas taught actions speak louder than words...in many situations this seems to be the cawse o Ihave your dreams but they yo yo you with it. I want what was intended for my soul and my heart
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino
When my mind races like that, I try to control my breathing and calm my mind by saying a prayer over and over again. It can take a minute or two but if I stick to it it usually settles things down a bit, I wish you peace.
We all want to be loved but when we set ourselves up to be "validated' by others it at times comes crashing down on us!! One of the harder things for me is"staying in the day"!! I forever want to plan next thing,get it together,be in cotrol ,instead of lettin it happen and gettin out of the way...You know God is very humorous,what does he do for a dude that has a hard time staying in the day??He makes him a Production Manager ,you know QMRP(quarterly planning,working on schedules in the future,making deadlines that are days away!!!I love God so much because He shows me how not to take myself so seriously,Hes got my back!!!!Now thats a friend.......Have a blessed day Manon,thanks for being part of my support group....
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My mind races quite a bit. I tend to react as Avid does. I've found that by remaining calm and saying a prayer helps. No matter what I know that others do not determine my self worth. Glad you are here with us Manon.
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Hey Manon!I must have been trippin when I responded this a.m. to your post.My response went off on a tangent(probably brain sludging)*anyway 'TIME AWAY WITH GOD IS ALWAYS HELPFUL!Have expectations that God will ease your mind and it shall come to pass....I got to get that Jimson weed out of the kitty box!!!!!! :)
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Hey Vin! bad joke,got no kind of weed around except my straggly hairdo/Guess my "trippin' just comes naturally(or years of assault!!!) Thanks for lookin out though......................
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If u were doin' jimson "back in the day" u r lucky 2 still have so many working brain cells! Of course, it did stop the mind from racing, that's 4 sure. (I'm still mind-triggered by certain drug nostalgia...amazing, absolutely amazing.)
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From dying and surviving to living and thriving. LeeU
when my mind races I just let it -knowing that is what it needs to do. I don't fight it or try to stop it. John Lennon has an old song with lyrics "i'm just sittin here watchin the wheels go round and round, I just love to watch em roll"- these days when my mind races I just observe it and "thank it for sharing its nuerotic point of view"...
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Have a blessed day Manon,thanks for being part of my support group....
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