Recovery Meditations ~ False Beliefs ~ One Day at a Time ~ July 23, 2010

~ FALSE BELIEFS ~

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"There is only one cause of unhappiness;

the false beliefs you have in your head,

beliefs so widespread, so commonly held,

that it never occurs to you to question them."

Anthony de Mello

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As a child of poverty, neglect, and a

family that moved frequently, I was

always an "outsider." I was looked on as

"unacceptable." As an adult I moved

away, married, and lived in the same

community all the rest of my years. I've

had the same friends and lived a very

respected life. Yet internally I was

still "unacceptable" ~ always feeling

"less than" others. I never even told my

husband or children about those aspects

of my childhood. There were parts of me

I never shared with anyone. I did not

question the idea that I was still an

"unacceptable" person, though there was

lots of evidence to discount that idea.

Since joining The Recovery Group program

and sharing that pain with my sponsor

and others, that pain-filled inner child

has been freed and has integrated with

the person that I am today. This freeing

process has enabled me to finally see

and feel the love, the acceptance, and

the respect that has always been there

for me.

ONE DAY AT A TIME...

I will reach out to others at meetings


and within our Recovery Group ~


especially those who have had a


childhood similar to mine. It has been a


tremendous gift to be able to go back,


take that neglected little girl by the


hand, and bring her into my world to


live with me.