May 5
With and Without
With my sponsor- Without my drinking buddies
With my Big Book- Without my contrived dogma
With my home group- Without my dysfunctional family
With my step work- Without my mental masturbation
With my sobriety- Without my insanity
With all this I can live Without all that
Appreciate the strength of your neck
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THE LONG VIEW
The long view requires an enduring embrace of the past
It requires a great love of people
The race and individuals
I cannot see what we do and flee
I can own what happened, what happens and what is to come
If only so I can ratchet improvement into my own behavior
I can see and feel change, cringe if I must, but go on
The horizon is there to set the stage
It hangs long and low
It stands guard for the life there is to live
I will view it
And use it as my gauge
Keeping perspective is the key
I know it for what it is
And that makes me,----me
The short sight and the long view
My open arms hold it all
My sight brings it all into my heart.
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