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One of the most frustrating things for addicts to deal with is the idea that change is a process rather than an event. Saying that change is a process rather than an event almost makes it sound like an excuse for continue acting out behaviors. This is not the case! There is never a valid excuse for acting out. All acting out behaviors need to be faced head on with responsibility and accountability. Change is a process rather than an event because you are in the process of learning to understand the language of the primitive part of the brain which functions on the premise of instant gratification. To re-wire your brain with better responses than addictive behaviors is a process that takes time and gentle consistent effort. This week be engaged in that effort by completing your daily planning sheet everyday. Monitor your progress and become more aware of your actions. You are in the process of changing if you’ll be doing that.
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The Blue Bird Relates Pornography to Worms
A Blue Bird singing at the top of a tree saw a man walking through the woods holding a little box. He asked the man, “What do you have in the box?”
The man said, “Worms. I will sell you a worm for one feather.” The Blue Bird plucked out one feather and took his worm and said to himself, “Why work when it’s so easy to get food this way?” After many days, there were no more feathers to pay for the worms.
By now the Blue Bird could no longer fly, and he was so ashamed of his appearance that he no longer sang pretty songs.
Like the Blue Bird, we may seek instant gratification from the things the world might offer but we will find the price is too high, and eventually learn that there are no short-cuts to mental and spiritual health. Remember that one can never get enough of what they don’t really need because what they don’t really need will never truly satisfy them.
Pornography is like the worms in the box. Every time you partake a beautiful part of yourself is given up in return. Luckily in a spiritual sense you can reclaim your feathers through the process of repentance and change.
Reclaim your feathers now!
Don’t give up, keep pressing forward.
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” Deep in the heart of every person lies a sorry the world knows nothing about”
Everyone struggles from time to time!
One of the things that I hear from clients over and over again is that they think that everyone else has their life all together. They look at other people at church or at work and compare themselves with them. Usually such comparison leads to discouragement and doubt. Why can’t they be as good as this person or that person? Or this family seems so perfect etc. etc.
This week make the effort to not compare yourself to others but to respect each human being and understand that no matter how they appear on the outside you can bet there are skeletons in the closet. Everyone has known struggle and suffering!
We are all in the boat called life together and there is no one who is immune from problems and challenges. When we really get this then it is wise to simply have compassion on others. To love them, to have a positive attitude around them, to lift them up because you understand struggle yourself, to be slow to judge and even slower to criticize.
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