A Vision for Healing from Addiction

The Vision for today comes to us from Curtis Murphy, and like several other Visions our readers have sent in recently, this one speaks so beautifully for so many . . .  Thank You, Curtis! He says, "Hello! Thank you for your inspiring work; I've been receiving the visions for several weeks now and it's wonderful. I've seen that a few times you have sent out visions inspired by some of your readers, so I thought I'd share one of my own with you, with the hope that you would want to develop it and/or send it out. I call it "A Vision for the Healing of Addiction," and it goes something like this:" We see a world where our society responds to those suffering from addiction with compassion rather than condemnation. We envision that all our efforts in addressing addiction aim to heal rather than to punish. We no longer persecute others for their dependence on substances or behaviours, rather we look inward at ourselves, responding with love to what we find, and reflecting this love outward upon those who suffer. We see addictions of all kinds disappearing in the light of acceptance, wisdom and love. Furthermore, we envision a world where no addiction needs to take root in the first place. All people receive the attention, nurturing and nourishment they need, and there is no emptiness to be filled with unhealthy substitutes. We see all people healthy and happy from the moment of birth until the moment of death, living together in harmony and blessed wholeness.