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Cosmic Connie COSMIC RELIEF humbly presents . . . |
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The Twelve-and-a-half Steps of Personal-Growth Survivors Anonymous | |
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We admitted we were powerless over personal growth - that
our lives had become glutted with workshops, jargon,
affirmations, Ways of Life, healing modalities,
recently-rediscovered Ancient Wisdom, and New
Technologies that promised to accomplish in 30 seconds
what "traditional methods" often take decades
to do. 2. Came to believe that a Power sillier than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of our Inner Silly Person as we understood Her or Him (or, in the case of Multiple Personality Disorder sufferers, our Inner Silly People as we understood Them). 4. Made a searching and fearless inventory of the Humor Section in our local bookstore. 5. Admitted to Our Inner Silly Person(s), to ourselves and to another human being that what we really needed was one Big Book that could help us understand the exact nature of our personal-growth excesses. 6. Were entirely ready to have our Inner Silly Person(s) help us find this book. 6 1/2. Found it! It had a bright yellow cover and a title that promised us Relief - of Cosmic proportions. 7. Humbly asked our Inner Silly Person(s) (or that Other Human Being in Step 5) to loan us the money to buy a copy of the book. 8. Made a list of all the persons who might also benefit from the book, and found we had enough money to buy multiple copies. 9. Made a gift of the book to people whenever possible, especially when to do so would rock their boat a bit. 10. Continued to take inventory of the Humor Section in our local bookstore, and when we saw they were running low on the book, promptly told the Manager. 11. Sought through continual reading of the book to improve our conscious contact with our Inner Silly Person(s) as we understood Her, Him or Them, seeking only the courage to speak out loud whenever we spotted an Emperor who was somewhat underdressed, and the power to commit rude noises with our armpits or other bodily parts when asked to make a Love Offering to the Emperor. 12. Having had an awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry the message to other personal-growth victims and to always seek out the Silver Thread of Silliness that connects us all. "The sage is a fool." - Lao Tzu © 1996 BY CONNIE LOUISE SCHMIDT To aid in your recovery from personal growth, buy your own copy of The Big Yellow Book, Cosmic Relief: Honoring and Celebrating the Global Paradigm Shaft, by Connie L. Schmidt. Buy it at selected book stores or by mail order. |
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"Confessions of a Personal-Growth Survivor" Part 1 "Confessions of a Personal-Growth Survivor" Part 2 Back to the Cosmic Relief Contents Page |
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