Today I am celebrating with my friends 600 Days of Tobacco/Nicotine Free living! As I look around the site I see many who are carring heavy burdens! There seems to be a lot of questions and almost a desperation to the tone of so many! I am remembering a time that seemed so much like that to me! I wrote a blog 506 Days ago that spoke to that, and helped me regain perspective! I am going to repost that blog today in the hopes that someone will find a bit of inspiration in it! Thank you to all of you who are on the Freedom Train helping me celebrate my 600 Days today! If for some reason you are not riding with us (@ Marcies blog) you are missing the Train!
April 5, 2010 by pir8fan Comments (17)
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Good Smoke free afternoon everyone!! Thanks to all of you for helping me reach day 95!!!
Last night about 11:30 I went out to walk my dog. His name is Max! It was a nice warm Southwest Florida night. As we were ambling along, in the glare of a street light , I spotted a penny. There was a time in my life when I would have just left it there. But, I picked it up and put it in my pocket. This morning Max woke me up and told me it was time for his morning walk. I told him I would like to sleep a little longer. He explained what he was going to do to the carpet if I didn't get up. He won. I got up and we went for a long walk. As we were walking along I spotted another penny and again I picked it up and put it in my pocket. Not two minutes latter I found another penny. Now there is a little voice in the back of my head saying "what's up with all the pennies". I spent a few minute reflecting on that question. Those of you who know a little bit about me know that I am at the lowest point of my life. Physically, Financially, and on top of that I am giving up smoking. I came to two conclusions about the pennies.
1. I am looking down way to much!!! I need to hold my head back up high,so that I can see my way out of my problems!!!!
2. When you look close at a penny there is a message of hope on there. It says "IN GOD WE TRUST" ! Now I really have no idea how those pennies came to be where I could find them. But I have no intention of ignoring their message. When we have more on our plates than we can handle, there is a place to look!!!
There are my thoughts! What are you thinking?
Tommy
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