Ever think about where your thoughts come from?—like that one, ha ha!
Definition of thought
1. an individual act or product of thinking
a. a developed intention or plan
b. an opinion or belief in the mind
2. reasoning power—the power to imagine: conception
Thoughts have no value just of themselves floating around in my head. They become real when I share them with others and get them out of my head. In speech or in writing. The worth—or currency of thought becomes real when we exchange them with each other—and God. Relationship. We are relational beings. We were designed to be together, not alone.
When drinking, I had no thought currency.
First, my thoughts were skewed because I chose the wrong path for clarification of my thoughts. Alcohol. It immediately took me down a notch from the anxiety of decision-making and from you. But most importantly, It was separation from God. The more I drank, the more confused I was. Then, it became a habit. In finally deciding to take alcohol out of the mix, I found that my obsessive thoughts were still there—I needed a new plan.
Instead of checking out from those thoughts, I decided to use my thought currency and share with other alcoholics who had made the same plan. Magic happened. Once out of my head, a few things happened:
Not only did it take the power out of the skewed thought when I shared it out loud with another, but, that person got to benefit in the exchange too. Sometimes, God speaks through me to you. Sometimes through you to me! We both get to acknowledge that together with God, we have the power to imagine. To conceive. To heal.
My worth is no longer attached to my own crazy thoughts. Why? In sharing with someone else, I can have worth to that person. Then, together, we can share that thought to help another person. We matter. To God and to each other. Love. God was the conduit that connected us to each other in unity. That made us more powerful together.
• Come and spend your thought currency with us in sobriety.
• You and I become rich when we exchange our thoughts.
• It’s worth it.
“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
Matthew 18:20
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