Thoughts Preceding

Once in a great motion, a notion steps forward to put into action the plans which have been building for some time. I had one great realization today that solutions I have been seeking in my life are waiting for me to pick them up and put them to use. I no longer have to struggle in defining my personal recovery. I no longer have to create the definition of my recovery goals only to re-define my goals again and again. It is time to take action in regard to goals for personal dual recovery so as to not have action fade away with the passage of time.

I stand this moment with personal dual recovery intact for the well-being of my whole person, and I am breathing pure scents of mountain fresh air. A spiritual understanding and conscious awareness guides this personal journey of dual recovery.

I am ready. I am prepared. I am armed with coping skills acquired while walking along on the path of life with the principles of the 12 Steps of Dual Recovery. This feeling is triumphant. So many events have led to this space in time where I stand this moment. I need not look behind in order that I may understand how I arrived here or how to proceed. I only need to look forward toward the next right step in my journey.

The patient procession forward begins this minute. To build a solid life upon a solid foundation of dual recovery is my only hope. Will you walk along this personal journey with me?

Comes a Time in Dual Recovery

Fruits have ripened for the harvest of life. The seeds are ready to be sown. This pure fresh scent of the new moment breathes forth expressions of gratitude for the integrity and dignity discovered in this moment. Tomorrow is not awaiting the changes within today. The buds are blooming. The clouds are lifting. The colors of the new season are painted on a canvass of the moment bursting forth this second. Life is alive in the air.

This moment comes only once, right now. There is no more waiting for the arrival of something better, something new. There is no more pondering and losing myself to self-pity of years lost to disorder. If I am awake, don't let me sleep. For the moment is too great.

The only hint of fear lies in the acknowledgement that there have been others who have passed this way before me. Have they sustained the momentum to carry them self forward with time's steady rhythm?  I have to ask myself this question. There have been others who have arrived in space and time where I find myself this moment. Is their journey still complete this day? What changes do they continue to make in order to maintain a foundation built to last?

I suppose this space and time, this moment, reminds me maintenance of the condition is an ongoing process. There comes a time when the only answer is to take action. There is no option of dwelling on the problem any longer. The problem has been beaten to a puddle of mud that is not going anywhere. There comes a time when the only option is to take action in order to maintain the condition bubbling forth in this space and time, this moment.

The Way urges me forward, even in this space and time, this moment. The resounding echoes of a small still voice reverberate, "Grow up, young man. Your time has come."  There comes a time in everyone's life where strife is put to rest and maintenance of a condition begins to be the ongoing goal of the process of Dual Recovery.

Life has only begun to form into some sort of semblance of sense. I desire not to have a firm understanding, only to grasp the concepts which hold my understanding together like cement sustaining a home of brick. There comes a time when a small amount of understanding is enough. A crack in the door has been opened, and in this space and time, this moment, that crack is letting in enough light.

The end game is not how good it can get. There comes a time when to acknowledge this moment within space and time is as good as it gets. The moment just is. There comes a time when the moment simply passes. There is nothing left needed to grasp a hold of in the heart and inner-self. Everything needed is right inside.

I don't even wonder why I did not have this understanding before this moment. I just accept I have this understanding in the present. There comes a time when the moment just is what it is. I no longer need to question as to why. I no longer need to seek an answer for questions inside this heart. For, there comes a time when the questions simply remain unsaid.

Thoughts After

A new perception appears in a dash of light. Make the perception found built to last. Haven't you been looking for something built to last for some time?

Things at times may seem very transitory, passing by as fleeting moments. Spurts of insight move one forward toward purity. Humility maintains the moment as a foundation built of cement. Do not seek to be catapulted in the third dimension. Simply feel the moment. Experience two feet planted on the ground.

The beauty of the journey of Dual Recovery is doing the legwork of taking action. The legwork is a responsibility to oneself.

Much of life is wasted on being affected by external circumstances, things beyond control. Are you waiting for others to intervene?

Creating footsteps in the moment feels real and helps us feel alive. Maintaining the footwork is simplified by remaining centered. Remaining centered is achievable and believable.

There comes a time in Dual Recovery when the turning point sparks a new life within the inner-self. The turning point is here. Can you feel it?

If you have felt a that there has come a time for you in Dual Recovery to take a step forward, feel free to write to rainingcolors@rainingcolors.net in order to share your story. I would love to hear about your turning point.

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