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The least used of your powers!

pir8fan
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I look around this site most everyday, and I am in awe of the power we all have, that we never knew we had! Who among you came to your quit knowing for an absolute fact that this would be your "Forever Quit"? Who knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that you could do this? Now look! You have found the power to quit, and stay quit for(fill in the blank _______ days! You found people here who are willing to help you learn life without cigarettes! You have discovered that you had the power all along!

There is another power that we all have, that is not used nearly enough! We often see anger come from our friends here! It may be directed at many different things, and sometimes even other people! We are stopped by it, and wonder where it came from! I have theory, and if you will allow me a minute to EXpound on it, I hope, in the end we will all be better off!

The one thing that we all have in common here is a history of making bad decisions! I used to make about 40 of those a day! Everytime I lit another cigarette! I do not think that any of us are proud of those decisions! I think we resent what we have done to ourselves! Some of us are fortunate, and have dodged the bullet so to speak! So far! Some of us already know the health consequences we face because of smoking! We have all sacraficed some part of ourselves to the addiction we suffer from!

The power that we have is the power to forgive ourselves! We forgive others everyday for one thing or another! Why is it so hard to forgive ourselves? Maybe, it is because we face the reallity of ourselves in the mirror everyday! Whatever the reason, You, every one of you have the power to forgive yourself! What you have done is bad, there is no avoiding the truth of that! My Dear Friend Sootie says that we do not quit to keep from dying! We are all going to do that anyway! We quit so that we can live while we are still here! AMEN!

You have walked away from your addiction! You have taken you life back! None of us know how much of that we have left! But it is a time to be joyous! It is a time to celebrate! FORGIVE YOURSELF! Do not let anger at yourself for your poor decissions, steal the time that you have left! Do not give the remainder of your life back to the addiction! Awaken to each new filled with pride that you have taken your life back! Go out into each new day without guilt! What is done is done! I forgive you! Now, I ask you to be as kind to yourself as you would be to a near stranger! FORGIVE YOURSELF! Love yourself, for you are loved! Now, go forward and prosper!                         Tommy

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