Suggested Intentions for RecoveryBy Pete Walker, MA
http://www.pete-walker.com/pdf/IntentionsRecovery.pdfNormal and safe wants and needs to wish and hope for...
to cultivate with mental, spiritual and emotional energy.
I want to develop a more constantly loving and accepting relationship with myself. I want an increasing capacity for self acceptance.
I want to learn to become the best possible friend to myself.
I want to attract, into my life, relationships that are based on love, respect, fairness and mutual support.
I want to uncover a full, uninhibited self expression.
I want to attain the best possible physical health.
I want to cultivate a balance of vitality and peace.
I want to attract, to myself, loving friends and loving community.
I want increasing freedom from toxic shame.
I want increasing freedom from unnecessary fear.
I want rewarding and fulfilling work.
I want a fair amount of peace of mind, spirit, soul and body.
I want to increase my capacity to play and have fun.
I want to make plenty of room for beauty and nature in my life.
I want sufficient physical and monetary resources.
I want a fair amount of help (self, human, or divide) to get what I need.
I want God's love, grace and blessing.
I want a balance of work, rest and play.
I want a balance of stability and change.
I want a balance of loving interaction and healthy self sufficiency.
I want a full emotional expression with a balance of laughter and tears.
I want sexual satisfaction.
I want to find effective and non-abusive ways to deal with anger.
I want all this for each and every other being.
(excerpted from The Tao of Fully Feeling, by Pete Walker, MFT)