Recently, I began calling my Sponsor “Mama Bear” after watching her handle a situation in an Alanon 12 step meeting with loving detachment. The nickname stuck, as through our time together, she was presented with many new challenges, and having big adventures facing them head on. My sponsor was climbing the “Big Boulders”, of life and it was inspiring to witness this as I worked through both the 12 Steps &12 Traditions with her. As I began to try new things in my recovery, I realized that I could not (yet) scale the “Big Boulders” that my “Mama Bear” sponsor was climbing. For a few days I fell into “compare & despair”, then suddenly the realization came upon me. I am a “baby bear ” in my program/recovery and “Progress not Perfection ”, showed me that I can simply do my best with what I have, “Just for Today . “First things First ” taught me that I cannot do the big things until I do the small ones, and “How important is it”? Shows me ho...
I believe that we all come to this planet to do three things only. Love, Forgive, and Create. In all forms and ways possible, we come to this planet to do just these three things. LOVE- Express, feel, give and receive it. Love can come in many forms, let it start with self love. FORGIVE- Forgiveness of self and others. Letting go of the past. CREATE- Everything is a creation, and someone was behind that creation. What did you come here to create?