Our Folded Hands

Women helping Women. Reaching out to the Sister who still suffers. Helping each other through the Good times and the Difficult times. To get to the SOBER way of life, One Day at a Time.

Promise of a new Day

Freedom means choosing your burden. —Hephzibah Menuhin—
Everyone of us is haunted by fears of some measure. That we learn through pain and grow beyond our fears we can only appreciate in retrospect. During the moment of painful confrontation or the spell of overwhelming anxiety we learn only that we’re feeling no joy, no peace, and probably no security. However, we must remember that no painful burden, be it immobilizing anxiety or a relationship in which we’ve become victimized, has” happened’ to us without acceptance —no matter how passive. We are free to reject all burdens and all unhealthy conditions. That we don’t relish our freedom from all pain is a fact of the human condition. Looking anew at the struggles that confound us and accepting responsibility for them doesn’t lessen them, perhaps, but it does restore our personal power. We are not powerless, worthless individuals at the mercy of our friends and co-workers. We are in partnership all the way, and
any moment we each have the power to rewrite the terms of the contract.
I am free today to be who I want to be. To grow or not to grow. To feel joy or pain.