I'm off to our area's convention ~ BLACNA 4 tomorrow evening. I'd be there for all the 3 days, so wouldn't be able to come online at MIP till 10th of September. I will miss you all and your awesome posts.
I'm lookin' forward to this convention as I'd be meeting a lot of friends from many areas and regions across the globe. I must also admit that I have a lot of anxiety since I'd have to socialize with big crowds... especially the countdown on the last day and the dance and music in the evenings... I get scared when I have to move a leg... lol... was never good at it... In fact, I have tried dancing only once in my whole life, at last year's convention in the Himalayas...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
Thanks BigV. Shall try to follow your suggestions and let myself free at the convention...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
Hope you guys have a great time i'm looking foreward to getting to one one day I went to a convention about ten years ago I was still using at the time and felt totally out of sorts but i knew where I belonged.
Had to come back home from the convention in the evening to take care of a situation here. Planning to drive back to the convention early morning again. Called one of my friends at the convention, and he said that a Midnight Marathon Meeting was on there, around a bonfire... And I got so angry that I'm not there, and had to come back in between to take care of something that needed my urgent attention... Hope to catch up with the rest of the fun at the convention from tomorrow...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
Dalin, thank you for the care and concern. It's just that there were a lot of mosquitoes there at the venue in the nights, and there was a power cut the whole night, so my wife, who is also NA, couldn't sleep there at all, and was awake through out last night and today till the evening. I had to bring her home, which is some 50 Km from the venue so that she can get some good sleep... And me too, as I was awake for about 48 hours too...
Also, we had to get the papers of our new car done, and our agent insisted for an appointment at 7 PM this evening at my place as that would hasten the procedure of the paperwork by one week. So I had to come and do this paperwork and also pay the agent fee...
Otherwise, life is great, Dalin, thanks to Miracles In Progress and my tribe here...
I would be back after two more days at the convention from tomorrow. Hope to catch up with you then on our chatroom here, and also in our online meetings here at MIP... Till then, keep the miracle alive here at the forum, my friend... Glad we have you here with us, for us...
Big NA Hugs to you...
Blessings and Peace ~ Tahir.
-- Edited by Tahir at 17:05, 2006-09-07
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
It was a learning experience for me too, being a part of this convention. I met many new friends from all over the region. And I met many more I knew as my online NA friends from a year or two ~ from Bombay, Orissa, Nepal, Calcutta and many other places. I also met all my friends from Chennai, the area where I was reborn. Some awesome shares and enlightening workshops in the convention program... I'm grateful that I was a part of it all...
In a workshop on how we can further improve our efforts of carrying the message on the group level and the area level, there was one question that was put forward for brainstorming which was what is lacking in our service structure that is needed and how it can help, the most amazing answer that I heard from one of the small groups was "A LOVING GOD"... So true...
Interesting shares and variety of ESH was flowing thru out the program. I especially loved the marathon recovery bonfire meeting that went thru out the night, and we were so charged up after the meeting that we played some great music at the bonfire till the sunrise and beyond...
One more awesome and amazing thing about this convention was that 90% of the total participants were newcomers! The convention couldn't have fulfilled our primary purpose in any better way I guess...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
Raman, thank you my friend for the awesome music program at the convention. I really enjoyed your sax. You are too good at it. Must be real fun to be able to play it like that... Missed you at the recovery meeting today but... Hope to catch up with you on Friday... Take care...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
