Just For Today - August 7th - Ooooh... This is a Good One!

[Phinneas]

August 7
The Gratitude List

"We focus on anything that isn't going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives."
Basic Text, p.77

It's easy to be grateful when everything runs smoothly. If we get a raise at work, we're grateful. If we get married, we're grateful. If someone surprises us with a nice present or an unasked favor, we're grateful. But if we get fired, divorced, or disappointed, gratitude flies out the window. We find ourselves becoming obsessed with the things that are wrong, even though everything else may be wonderful.

This is where we can use a gratitude list. We sit down with a pen and paper and list the people for whom we are grateful. We all have people who've supported us through life's upheavals. We list the spiritual assets we have attained, for we know we could never make it through our present circumstances without them. Last, but not least, we list our recovery itself. Whatever we have that we are grateful for goes on the list.

We're sure to find that we have literally hundreds of things in our lives that inspire our gratitude. Even those of us who are suffering from an illness or who have lost all material wealth will find blessings of a spiritual nature for which we can be thankful. An awakening of the spirit is the most valuable gift an addict can receive.

Just for today: I will write a list of things, both material and spiritual, for which I am grateful.
pg. 229

[SaTiT]

ouch !!!

I have peices of wood with 6 wires strap to them.
they don't even go twanggg!!! anymore. i damaged the nerves
on my fretbroad hand..my fingers gose numb..
I'm also aka bleed'infinkerz
maybe i should learnd how to play it lefty instead of righty
after all, i am left handed.
But you know..I like to do stuff backwards. maybe i was concieved
on the southern hemisphere.

On the hand i do know how to make a box out of a sphere, now.
that z,x,y stuff..only an addict can makesense out of virtaul 3D becuase
half if it is half ass backward..lol

[Nickibaby]

I remember the first time someone told me "Make a gratitude list". I scoffed (internally) I thought, what do I have to be grateful for? When I think now about the fact that I truly felt that I didn't have a thing to be grateful for, I cringe.

I had a beautiful son in good health and a family that still stood by me. I can't believe I ever took that for granted. It is truly a gift from the NA program that I have become able to be grateful.