The Will To Carry On

Where there is 

a will

there is a

way.

The will of a

loving Higher Power 

will show you the way 

to love and peace.

The burdens of living can be sometimes so daunting that there

appears to be no need to carry on.

The body is wracked with illness or disease.

The mind cannot focus on simple matters because

so much is happening.

The soul has forgotten its place in our heart and we

feel abandoned and alone.

Accept.   (God's world)

Change.   (Your attitude)

The body is God's temple, take care to keep it strong.

"Our bodies are our gardens... our wills are our gardeners."  ~ William Shakespeare

Man has been blessed by a Higher Power to be able to see and to reason.

Men and women, whom we call scientist and doctors,

continue to understand more and have more resources to determine

why the body becomes sick or diseased.

Because of the ever increasing knowledge gained by the medical world, 

one's chances for surviving illnesses and disease have been greatly improved.

The will to carry on the research and to continue seeking more

medical knowledge is the inspiration of many people.

Curing the mind is a totally different bag of worms.

An attitude of gratitude is the first prerequisite for developing a healthy mind.
 
We must say a prayer of thanks every morning for being alive, sober 

and able to do God's will for one more day.

Do not just repeat the prayer, say the prayer with feelings, with conviction,

with an honest belief, because, lip service can get one into so much trouble.

To clear your mind you must learn to meditate, the art of listening 

to a Higher Power answering your prayers.

Ask your Higher Power to take those images and thoughts from

your mind which you have no control over. (Other people)

Ask your Higher Power to give you the strength to take the best action 

with those thoughts you can control. (Your attitude.)

Love, whether it is soft or tough, will usually cure most of

the dilemmas our minds can concoct.

Love your problems, love your enemies and your Higher Power

will make the problems go away and vanquish your enemies.

What love will not cure, accept, and let go and let God handle the outcome.

"Happiness is secured through virtue;
it is a good attained by man's own will."  ~St. Thomas Aquinas

To uplift your spirits, to find peace in your soul, ask to help someone else.

Be cautious, you will see many sick and suffering who may need your help,

but only those who ask for help will probably listen, no guarantees.

Put balance in your life.

A little love for self, a little love for your friends and leave a

little love for those who need it, even if you may never meet.

"Man has will, but woman has her way."  ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

The will to carry on is not a burden, it is an attitude.

Today, give your attitude to your loving Higher Power and be content 

to carry on by doing  His will.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

Michael_e

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Hitting the Wall

Rolling along, minding my own business, when out of nowhere, there is this huge wall that I smack into.

That very, very tall wall, the largest psychological block ever known to man, appearing out of nowhere

to stymie all of my ego, my self esteem, my motivation, my goals and aspirations, my reasons for living.

"In the middle of the journey of my life

I came to myself within a dark wood,

where the straight way was lost."    ~ Dante Aligheri

Helpless, denied the ability to think straight, rapt in my own little word, desperate to move,

but not knowing which foot to put out first, not knowing which direction to head off towards,

questioning every thought that could put us on a track that would put us around, over or through that wall.

Pray.

Do something for someone else.

Make a gratitude list.

Be willing to listen.

Start over, today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Afraid that you will go down the same path again, do not hesitate, only this time look around you at all the

path has to offer, do not concentrate on just the selfish carrot that is in front of your nose.

Believe that your Higher Power put that wall in front of you for a purpose.

The wall appears when one tries to do only their will, not the will of their Higher Power.

Remember, the wall is only a figment of your imagination, move a muscle, change your mind.

Remember, getting around the proverbial wall does not have to be an all day affair, do it now.

Alcohol and drugs, or any other addictive device, will never make the wall go away.

When you come to, sober up, or come down, the wall will still be there.

Balance in your life is the answer to a straight path that is kind, loving, patient and tolerant,

and devoid of walls.

Today, keep your mirror handy, before you blame anyone else for building your psychological walls,

look into the mirror and see how perfect you think you are.

Today, let a friend carry your mirror, and remember it is called constructive criticism, a very good tool

for tearing down walls.

Today, by doing the will of your Higher Power, the only wall you should see is the one

in the rear view mirror.

"Thus the sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness,

 if cheerfulness be lost,

 is to sit up cheerfully and to act and speak

as if cheerfulness were already there."   ~ William James

Ignore the wall, your mind created it, and your mind can make it disappear.

Happiness is never finding a wall in the middle of your path.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

Iris and ME (Michael Erb)