Thought for today 5/27
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Thought for today 5/27
Once I accept things as they are I can create things as they might be.
—Mike 0.
Nothing so ties us to the past as regret. Think about it. It is almost impossible to venture forth while facing backward.
But today's reality is what we must accept and work with. What was is gone. All we can do in the here and now is to accept it as it is without rage or blame, without regret or resentment. All the voting has already been done that made today be what today is.
Ah, but the future! Tomorrow! That's quite a different matter. Today we vote for what tomorrow will be. Today's seeds are tomorrow's harvest, today's struggle is tomorrow's victory.
When we accept today as it is without regret, we shuck off the terrible burden of self-pity with all its "shoulds," "if onlys," and "what ifs." A thousand "ifs" don't equal a single "is." When we build on accepted reality, we build on solid rock.
Now I choose. From this day forward, the choice is mine!
From the book, Days of Healing Days of Joy
© 1992
—Mike 0.
Nothing so ties us to the past as regret. Think about it. It is almost impossible to venture forth while facing backward.
But today's reality is what we must accept and work with. What was is gone. All we can do in the here and now is to accept it as it is without rage or blame, without regret or resentment. All the voting has already been done that made today be what today is.
Ah, but the future! Tomorrow! That's quite a different matter. Today we vote for what tomorrow will be. Today's seeds are tomorrow's harvest, today's struggle is tomorrow's victory.
When we accept today as it is without regret, we shuck off the terrible burden of self-pity with all its "shoulds," "if onlys," and "what ifs." A thousand "ifs" don't equal a single "is." When we build on accepted reality, we build on solid rock.
Now I choose. From this day forward, the choice is mine!
From the book, Days of Healing Days of Joy
© 1992
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I really really enjoyed reading that. For this past week I have been so full of what-ifs and resentments. Thank you so much for this post, hope your day is going well!!
Many hugs and hope too,
Tammie
Many hugs and hope too,
Tammie
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Thanks,
My day is going great! I was in a bit of a tizzy of late but things are calming again. That is the wonderful thing about this program...a tool for every problem.
I liked that reading because it tells me that all I have is today. On the news this morning there was a plane crash in Northern Wisc and a doctor and his wife were killed. He used to be my doctor a long time ago. What if they had spent their last days worrying about some problem that they couldn't do anything about?? How sad that would be. Life can be simple if we choose to keep it that way.
Hugs,
JT
My day is going great! I was in a bit of a tizzy of late but things are calming again. That is the wonderful thing about this program...a tool for every problem.
I liked that reading because it tells me that all I have is today. On the news this morning there was a plane crash in Northern Wisc and a doctor and his wife were killed. He used to be my doctor a long time ago. What if they had spent their last days worrying about some problem that they couldn't do anything about?? How sad that would be. Life can be simple if we choose to keep it that way.
Hugs,
JT
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