x2 Step 72 – Journal Step 71 - I am here to serve a greater purpose.

Today: Step 72 - I will trust my deepest inclinations today. (MP3)

I will trust my deepest inclinations today. Step 72

TRUST YOUR DEEPEST INCLINATIONS for they are trustworthy, but you must learn to discern them and distinguish them from the many other desires, compulsions and wishes that you feel and that affect you. You can only learn this through experience. You can learn this because your deepest inclinations always lead you into meaningful relationships and away from isolation or divisive engagements. You must practice this to learn it, and it will take time, but every step you make in this direction will bring you closer to the source of love in your life and will demonstrate to you the Greater Power that abides with you which you must serve and which you must learn to receive.

IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, in silence and in stillness, receive this Greater Power and trust your deepest inclinations as you do so. Allow yourself to give these two practice periods your full attention, putting all other things aside for later consideration. Allow yourself to recognize your deepest inclinations, which you must learn to trust.

PRACTICE 72: Two 30-minute practice periods.

Picture:  Riverton Methodist Church, Front Royal, Virginia.

From the journal :  Step 71 - I am here to serve a greater purpose.

8:34 p.m. Sunday, October 29, 2000 –

2nd day in Two Rivers. A nice visit with Mom & Dad tonight. Parkinson's is limiting his movement – they work together well… but it is a struggle. There are no demons here… I've forgiven the past.

10:23 p.m. 3 scotches – OK. I Know I need to exercise and improve my physical stamina – but the alcohol/cheese thing is fun and pain reducing for the present.

Visiting one’s home – home town, always interesting. My father is demonstrating an illness – Parkinson’s disease and I’m dealing with the psychological history and using the new tool – Knowledge as well as the old tool, a few good drinks.

NNC

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