Glorious S’s

Silence. Stillness. Serenity.  These words are foreign language to the alcoholic until he or she truly decides to live in Recovery. With the admission of addiction and the acceptance of a power greater than ourselves, the sweet, silky sound of the S's can float into our lives.  Once we have tasted peace we will crave it as we once did alcohol or drugs and we will seek through prayer and meditation for the power to carry out anything that is set before us.  When I sat down to meditate this morning an image of water so clear and so clean came to my mind and I thought of these words by Edward Abbey:

There is something sweet,
calming and benign
in the general stillness,
a quiet never disturbed by any
sounds more harsh
than those of the wind
rushing through
the tall grass,
the music
of falling water,
the scream of a hawk.

Personal Journal | Published July 31, 2012