Saturday stillness

[LarryG]

Bass Harbor Light in winter.  This is almost the same photo as yesterday only in the day time

A nice sort of quiet day today for me, just coffee and a quick trip to the grocery store.  Of course there won't be any smoking, I don't miss standing out in the cold!  Grateful today for all of you that help each other.

You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.

~Henry Cloud

Being human means having many different needs. Why, then, do we cling to the idea that we are totally self-sufficient, needing nothing and no one? Why do we treat our needs—physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual—as mere nuisances that must be gotten out of the way as quickly as possible? Why do we keep pushing our needs away to the point of making ourselves ill?

With time, we will find the answers to these questions through a recovery program that substitutes gentleness for invulnerability, self-love for self-hate, and faith for fear. Once we let go of the delusion that all our needs can be met through addiction, we begin to find out who we are and what we truly need. We will gradually let go of the fear that our needs will not be met, especially when we turn to other people. With patience and a realistic attitude, we will know the peace of having our needs fulfilled.

I live in the present, paying attention to my needs this moment and doing my best to meet them.

From: Answers in the Heart, Meditations for men (women benefit too)