By surrendering to powerlessness, I gain the presence of mind to stop wasting my time and energy trying to change and control that which I cannot change and control. It gives me permission to stop trying to do the impossible and focus on what is possible: being who I am, loving myself, feeling what I feel, and doing what I want to do with my life.
This is the second reading I have posted today that reminds me that I have choices of how I will live my life.
So many years of my life were spent trying to control the lives, feelings, and emotional availability of others, trying to save my son from addiction and losing myself in the process.
Today I begin each morning with a prayer, turning all that is not mine to control over to God and asking to be led in the light. I watch the sunrise, listen to the birds as they begin their day and know, deep in my heart, that life is exactly as it is supposed to be today. I go forward with a positive attitude with gratitude and love in my heart and then I just show up and let life happen. Then I end each day with a prayer to say "thank You" for all the lessons and experience that today brought me.
Life is a precious gift, too short to be wasted and too beautiful to be ignored. Just for today, I choose to live life well and just be the best person I know how to be.
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