Sponsorship

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January 28
    
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    Sponsorship
    
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    Right now, as I think of sponsorship, I think of all the
    things I have done wrong.&nbsp; Times when I was not understanding enough and
    times when I was too understanding and enabling.&nbsp; Sponsors I chose for
    ulterior motives and the ones I didn't challenge when they wandered away.&nbsp;
    I search my mind for the ingredients that were in the mix when things went well
    and the dominant component was willingness, mine and theirs.&nbsp; Whether I
    was sponsor or sponsee, willingness overrode ability, determination and
    love.&nbsp; We had to come to the table willing, this was never
    something&nbsp;we were able to cook up or construct.&nbsp; Nor is it something
    I can always hold onto, sometimes willingness evaporates or slips away like
    sand in a clenched fist.&nbsp; The permanence and impermanence of sponsorship
    awes and frightens me.&nbsp; Like a guidewire twisted from many strands none of
    which reaches from end to end I worry about the unraveling but depend on the
    strength.
    
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    Expectations are incubating resentments
    
    
    You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
    Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
    
    http://www.amazon.com/More-Sober-The-Way-Sane/dp/144141231X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1374072329&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sober+on+the+way+to+sane
    
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January 28
    
    &nbsp;
    
    Sponsorship
    
    &nbsp;
    
    &nbsp;
    
    Right now, as I think of sponsorship, I think of all the
    things I have done wrong.&nbsp; Times when I was not understanding enough and
    times when I was too understanding and enabling.&nbsp; Sponsors I chose for
    ulterior motives and the ones I didn't challenge when they wandered away.&nbsp;
    I search my mind for the ingredients that were in the mix when things went well
    and the dominant component was willingness, mine and theirs.&nbsp; Whether I
    was sponsor or sponsee, willingness overrode ability, determination and
    love.&nbsp; We had to come to the table willing, this was never
    something&nbsp;we were able to cook up or construct.&nbsp; Nor is it something
    I can always hold onto, sometimes willingness evaporates or slips away like
    sand in a clenched fist.&nbsp; The permanence and impermanence of sponsorship
    awes and frightens me.&nbsp; Like a guidewire twisted from many strands none of
    which reaches from end to end I worry about the unraveling but depend on the
    strength.
    
    &nbsp;
    
    &nbsp;
    
    Expectations are incubating resentments
    
    
    You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
    Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
    
    http://www.amazon.com/More-Sober-The-Way-Sane/dp/144141231X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1374072329&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sober+on+the+way+to+sane
    
    http://www.amazon.com/Lines-My-Life-Sherrie-Theriault/dp/1448652820/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1374072576&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Lines+from+my+life%2C+Sherrie+theriault

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