January 19 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
January 19 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
No matter what the problems are that we’re trying to cope with, a major source of frustration si trying to encompass too much at once. We forget that we need to deal with only one day at a time, and try to crowd too much into the waking hours of that day – or we even extend it beyond the point of weariness. We can get more out of each hour – and accomplish more – if we try to cope with only as much as is possible in that one day.
We find such relaxed – and relaxing – counsel in the helpful little folder, Just for today, which gives us, among others, the following:
TODAY’S REMINDER
“Just for today, I will live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt I had to keep it up for a lifetime.”
I will slow my pace. If I am under pressure and setting myself deadlines and worrying about tomorrow, I will stop for a few minutes and think – of just this one day and what I can do with it.
“For there is a time…for every purpose and for every work.” - Ecclesiastes