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Letting Go Again 2008-08-22 05:56:00 There was a time when my only reaction to events was to "use" my "drug of choice". I didn't realize it then, but I do now. I just thought that was my way of 'being". And everyone needed to get out of my way. Today, I am in a different place; Sometimes I am upset by events, sometimes I am happy about them.The difference today, is that I feel things. I have a very different sense of awareness of how Read more:Letting
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Change is a Good Thing 2008-09-21 05:26:00 From Courage To Change
, Sept. 21:" I no longer have to assume that change is bad, because I can look back at changes that have had a very positive effect on me, such as coming into Program. I still have many fears, but my program has shown me that my Higher Power will help me walk through them. I believe that there is a Power greater than myself, and I choose to trust this Power to know exactly wh Read more:Thing
Flowing With The Current 2008-09-16 09:06:00 From 24 Hours a Day, Sept. 16:"We seem to live not only in time, but also in eternity. If we abide with G-d and He abides with us, we may bring forth spiritual fruit which will last for eternity. If we live with G-d, our lives can flow as some calm river through the dry land of earth ".This fits so well with my religion's teachings. We are only passing through this world, wearing our bodies- whic Read more:Flowing
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Asking the Right Questions 2008-09-15 03:56:00 From The Big Book (of AA) pg. 374 : " I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering, and that something good might turn up at any moment ".I don't think I ever believed that hard times were meaningless- I think it was more a question of "why me?" or rather, "why me, again?" Sometimes I still ask Hashem this question- "haven't I gone through enough?" I believe that the a Read more:Right
One Sentence a day! 2008-09-14 12:55:00 From 24 Hours a Day, Sept. 13 :" Pray to G-d not only when you need help, but also to commune with Him".Well, there goes THAT message again, and I'm still not doing it. I had made up with myself last week that I wanted to practice having just a one-sentence "conversation" with my HP every day. I thought that I could keep up with that. But to be honest, I haven't kept up with my commitment. So how Read more:Sentence
Remember to Remember 2008-10-05 03:03:00 From 24 Hours a Day, Oct. 5 : The L-rd shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and forever more. -Hashem yishmor tzetcha uboacha meata ve'ad olam- Every visit to help another, every unselfish effort to assist, can be blessed by G-d. There can be a blessing on all you do, and every meeting of a need may not be a chance meeting, but it may have been planned by G-d ".I kn Read more:Remember
Awesome! 2008-10-02 23:54:00 I looked through some of my meditation books and couldn't really find anything that fit with this time of year. So, once again, I will "write my own".We are now between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Indeed, these are the "high" holy days- a time when the feeling in the air is almost palpable; a time when it feels as if something is "hanging" in the air, when we await Hashem's decision on what will
Some Straight Talk 2008-10-28 17:31:00 My life is sometimes too busy for me to be able to sit down and write this blog. On the one hand, it's good for me to busy- because there was a time when I used to wonder what I would do with my day. And then there were the times when I wished the day would just end already- or the times when I wished the night would just be over. But that's no excuse for not being disciplined and not writing som Read more:Straight
In The Beginning 2008-10-25 15:19:00 I heard something really good today on Parshas Bereishis- The first section in Genesis. Why did Adam have really good names for each of the animals, but called himself after the Earth from which he was created? Couldn't he think of a name that would reflect the "god-li-ness" part of himself? Why something so "earthy" and mundane?The answer that I heard corresponds very well with something we say
Getting back into the swing of things 2008-10-22 11:47:00 Coming off the "high" of the High Holidays is not so easy. It's a spiritual uplift to be connected through time and space with my Higher Power. This is a natural consequence of the holidays, where we are put into the position of frequent prayers and symbols; where we are confronted day after day with all the trappings of repentance and forgiveness. On the other hand, we women have been placed in t Read more:swing
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Rewards and Applause 2008-11-17 09:56:00 From 24 Hours a Day, Nov. 17 : "I pray that I may not desire the world's applause. I pray that I may not seek rewards for doing what I believe is right".At my "home meeting", sometimes we read "JUST FOR TODAY". In this little poem, one line says- "Just for Today, may I do a good deed and not be found out. If I am, it will not count."I always had a hard time with that one. What's the difference if Read more:Rewards
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