Good evening fellow EXer's! Tonight I came here to read, and try offer a little help where I can! I do this most evenings, and one of the thoughts I try to keep in the forefront of my mind is, what it was like when I was where you are now! In order to do that I often go back to some of my early blogs! Tonight, I found one that was really a turning point, not only in my quit, but in my life! I would like to share it with you, in the hope that some of you will find some inspiration in it! This was written on my 94th day! I was at the lowest point of my life! Since then, I am much better, thank you!! And this may have been my turning point!
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
