x2 Step 70 – Journal Step 69 - Today I will practice stillness.

Today: Step 70 - Review (MP3)

TODAY CULMINATES TEN WEEKS OF PRACTICE. Congratulations! You have come this far. To be a true student means that you are following the steps as they are given. To do this you must learn to honor yourself, to honor the source of your instruction, to recognize your limitations and to value your greatness. Thus it is that this is a day of honor and a day of acknowledgment for you.

REVIEW THE LAST THREE WEEKS OF PRACTICE. Reread the instructions and recall each practice period. Recall what you gave and what you did not give. Honor your participation and attempt to strengthen it today. Deepen your resolve to have Knowledge and deepen your experience of being a true follower so that in the future you may learn to be a true leader. Deepen your experience of being a true recipient so that you may be a true contributor.

LET THIS DAY OF REVIEW, then, be a day of honor for you and a day that strengthens your commitment. Honestly evaluate your participation. Assess your apparent successes and failures. Your successes will encourage you, and your failures will teach you what you need to do to deepen your experience. This is a day of honor for you who are honored.

PRACTICE 70: Several long practice periods.

As the Steps says, "This is a day of honor for you who are honored." There has been much work to get this far; rewarding work. There is more. Review thoughtfully.

From the journal Step 69 - Today I will practice stillness.

12:51 a.m. – October 27, 2000, Friday

Regional Intelligence. That's all I've got. I'd better make something of it.

6:40 a.m. Angry with myself… Why did I fail – not have the successful sendoff @ career end… Why the enemies? – Easier to see now – still a shock.

7:40 a.m. Going home to Wisconsin this weekend. I feel like I've failed… fallen from political grace here – and on the personal side, not been very alert to the financial needs. Rocky relationships… baggage… how do you get rid of it? Outside threats are the only way?

What this local planet needs is regional intelligence.

Does "Stillness" assist in these circumstances? Yes, it did for me.

NNC

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