The Spiritual Part

''A bodily

disease

which we

look upon

as whole

and entire

within itself,

may,

after all,

be but a symptom of some ailment

in the spiritual part."~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Body, mind and spirit, when the alcoholic/addict

has the disease the whole being is involved and

to find recovery, to be happy, joyous and free,

the whole being must be treated.

God has made the body a wonderful and resilient

thing that can heal itself by simply stopping the

drinking of alcohol and the abuse of chemicals.

God will give one friends to help you break the

habit, the mental obsession of the addiction.

Most importantly, faith in a Higher Power

can restore your spirit to have you be the person

the God of your understanding wants you to be.

Happiness is treating your spiritual part with love.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Expand Your Soul

"When

I admire

the wonders

of a sunset

or the

beauty

of the moon,

my soul expands

in the worship of the creator." ~ Mohandas Gandhi

The soul is small when it lives in ones head and thinks

only about itself .

The sunset, the moon, the flower, the one who loves you,

can awaken your soul, to have you look inside of your

heart and give reverence to, have gratitude for, and

worship the Great Creator who made all things.

Expand your soul by being kind, by being loving, and

by being the person the God of your understanding

wants you to be.

Today, expand your soul by looking outside of your selfish,

self-centered little world and try to help another soul to

see all the beauty in this world that God has made for us.

Happiness is allowing your soul to expand.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

It Goes On

"In

three

words

I can

sum up

everything

I've

learned

about life:

it goes on." ~ Robert Frost

It goes in spite of me, not because of me.

Life is a series of learning events:

first, we tried to keep up with life, here, there and

everywhere, and when we could not keep up,

we changed,

second, we chased life, here there and everywhere,

and when we could not catch up,

we changed,

lastly, we accepted life on God's terms and learned

that life was in us all the time, not here, not there,

but everywhere.

Happiness is accepting that life goes on.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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Trust

"All

that

I have

seen

teaches

me

to trust

the Creator

for all

I have not seen." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today, remove the blinders, see as much as you can

so that you may better know the love of a Great Creator,

a Higher Power, the God of your understanding,

the Spirit of the Universe.

Today, do not be deceived by the slight of hand,

the words of a hollow promise, the temptations of the devil,

have faith and believe in your own heart

that which is real, that which is important to you.

Pray and meditate that what you have seen will make you

a kinder, more loving, more patient and tolerant

messenger of God's word.

Trust, but remember to do your part and place yourself

at the right place, at the right time, with the right people

so that you may better see the love that the Great Creator

has for you.

Happiness is to trust the Great Creator.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Willing To Follow

"We

must be

willing

to get

rid of the

life we've

planned,

so as to have

the life that is waiting for us." ~ Joseph Campbell

The pathway to peace of mind and serenity is the life

that is lived on God's terms, not ours.

For those who are willing to let go and let God,

the pathway becomes a lane through a land

of milk and honey.

For those who are willing to do the next right thing,

do the will of their Higher Power, the lane becomes

a road paved with kindness and love.

For the willing, their roads are protected by family

and friends, the guardrails of patience and tolerance.

Happiness is to be willing to follow God's road map.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Let God In

"Where

mercy,

love,

and

pity

dwell,

there

God

is

dwelling too." ~ William Blake

Be the person your Higher Power wants you to be and

the peace of God, the Spirit of the Universe, the Great

Creator of your understanding, will dwell within you.

Mercy is in the mind, have kind thoughts,

love is in the heart, love makes the world go around,

and pity is in the soul, have compassion for self,

others and this beautiful world that a Higher Power

has given us to live in.

God is in you, just be conscious of His presence and

let your mind, heart and soul be better for letting Him in.

Happiness is the feeling that God is dwelling in you.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Multiply and Divide

"Friendship

improves

happiness,

and

abates

misery,

by doubling

our joys,

and

dividing

our grief." ~ Joseph Addison

To have a friend, be a friend.

Learn to listen and listen to learn.

Be expressive, words are usually inadequate.

Be emotional, keeping those feelings stuffed inside

of you can serve only to put harmful pressure on

the heart and mind.

Smile, laugh, sing, cry, be attentive and learn to

make friends with the angels, those who can suggest

the next right thing for you to do.

Have a Higher Power who will gladly send the angels

your way in both bad times and good times.

Multiply the good and divide the pain and suffering.

Happiness is being good at math.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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Understand

"To realize

that you

do not

understand

is a virtue;

Not to realize

that you

do not

understand

is a defect." Lao-Tzu

Happiness is a willingness to say, "I do no understand,"

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Obey the Heart

"The only

business

of the head

in this world

is to bow

a ceaseless

obeisance

to the heart.

~ William Butler Yeats

Don't think, obey the heart.

Be careful of the head, the thoughts can lead one into

the dark morass of plotting, planning, striving and

conniving to do ones selfish and self-centered desires.

The heart lives for self, others and the love of

the Spirit of the Universe, the Great Creator,

the God of your understanding.

The heart can dream, the heart has faith,

the heart can be kind, the heart is loving,

the heart is patient and tolerant, the heart knows

when you are doing the will of a loving Higher Power.

Happiness is obeying a kind and loving heart.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Angels

The

Spirit

of the

Universe

does not

live,

does not

die,

It just is.

"Make friends with the angels,

who though invisible are always with you….

Often invoke them, constantly praise them,

and make good use of their help and assistance

in all your temporal and spiritual affairs."

~ St. Francis De Sales

Today, have a happy soul, know that God is

behind you, before you and within you.

The happy soul is one who shares, a little taking,

a great deal of giving, and is the quiet angel who

does the will of the Great Creator, the God of

your understanding.

Happiness is knowing the Angels by being one.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Do Something

" Ideas

won't

keep;

something

must

be

done

about

them."

~ Alfred North Whitehead

I have a good idea, let us all be kind, be loving,

be patient and tolerant and be the person the Higher Power,

the God of your understanding, wants us to be.

No, it is not a new or novel idea, but it is a good way

to start the day, now do something about it.

Do you have an idea to change a bad habit, a thought

about breaking an addictive behavior, do something,

ask for help, pray to a Higher Power, but in the end

know that without action the idea, the thought,

will be lost to the world of could have, would have

and should have.

Today, understand that the only good ideas,

the dreams, the hopes and wishes, the thoughts

that you can ever remember having are the ones

that you acted upon, the ones that became real.

Happiness is doing something with a good idea.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss

Tolerance

"What is

tolerance?

It is the

consequence

of humanity.

We are all

formed

of frailty

and error;

let us pardon

reciprocally each other's folly -

that is the first law of nature." ~ Voltaire

Today, let us agree to disagree.

Today, believe that there are always three things

that are guaranteed;

your side of the story,

my side of the story

and the truth about the story.

Today, allow other people to be other people,

let them make their own mistakes, let them

jump to their own conclusions, however,

to allow others to abuse you is not to be tolerated.

Today, be tolerant, do not be critical of those

who are trying to be kind, trying to be helpful,

trying to do the next right thing, those who are

trying to do the the will of a loving Higher Power.

Happiness is having friends who are tolerable.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves

ME and the Boss