“We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in which people are enabled to get over drinking and find the grace to go on living to better effect.” (As Bill Sees It, p. 95) “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” – Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) U.S. poet laureate
Where have you felt at home, lately, and felt spiritually recharged, whether in a meeting or someplace else that warms your heart?
Coming Home Diddy feat. Skylar Grey (3:55)
Karunesh – Coming Home Meditation (6:28)
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5 responses to “We Found the Place Where Sorrow and the “Ache for Home” can Finally be Relieved – Step 6”
Just having someone remember my name is enough sometimes. I also like seeing the same faces each week. It gives me a sense of community. It’s also nice when I have events going on in my life and people will remember and ask how thats going. Or I as them the same.
I was sitting in a participation meeting the other night and nobody wanted to share. So I shared. A guy sitting next to me who has a lot more time than me appeared to not like what I shared. After I shared, he leaned over to me and said “Why don’t you come to this meeting more often…you always have something good to share.” That made me feel at home and showed me that I really do not know what others are thinking.
Thank you for this common place to come and share in…share in sorrow, share in doubt, share in hope and share in love. I know my mother who transitioned three years aqo is welcoming her newest little visitors today, making sure they have a warm place to sleep, a cup of cocoa, and a bedtime story. I know they are received with love.
Home is not always a physical place; it is the urge and craving in us to belong. I need to know my tribe; I need to know that they are there. And in return, I must also let you know that this a safe place to which we both can return.
Home is where when you have to go, they have to take you back.