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Flat...on...my...face.


Transparency For the Journey, is not for the feint of heart.  Today's journey began with honesty to my accountability group and then the devouring of six fresh baked rolls.  I wish I could pretend the day went better but... I am heading into the dark forest.  The only way out is to get real.

Good Grief.

Thoughts for today seem to be centered around intuition.  God has given me the gift of intuition and the relationship "by gut" style!  I don't remember the official word for this relationship type, but I sense things. 

 One would think this would make me cautious and thoughtful...  

One would be so wrong to think this.

However, I have determined to use my strengths to my advantage in this war against my personal enemies.  

So intuition, look out!  I am going to be using you as a tool to let me know what is going on with me as well as with others.  

In order for this to work though, I'm going to have to stop at that point of intuition and....gasp....doing nothing. To stop and think.

To think before I eat is just one example of this.

So I won't beat myself up nor will I be in denial at the strength of this foe that I face.  I will surrender today to what is and deal with that.

Flat-on-my-face surrender just might be the way of this journey.  A crawl, stand up and fall flat kind of walk.  

Ready or not...here I come!



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