Originally Posted by keepcominback

Moral of the story: There's no use in overreacting to the events and circumstances of our everyday lives. Many times what looks like a setback, may actually be a gift in disguise. And when our hearts are in the right place, all events and circumstances are gifts that we can learn valuable lessons from.

Originally Posted by Omega10

I've seen over the past little while how I should trust that my HP has a plan, will protect me, and can see things that I cannot see. I've also been learning to live one day at a time and stop fretting about the future. I'm learning to say "it is what it is", and starting to know the difference between what I can and cannot change/control.

Where my struggle come to play now is how do dreams, goals, and aspirations fit in with this philosophy?

I'm not exactly a "just sit back and take life as it comes to you" kind of person. If I were, I might still be chasing the escape at the bottom of a bottle. Having my daily goal of not drinking for today is a good one and one I will repeat over and over again for the rest of my life.

But I need to be able to know I am going in some direction, or have something to work towards achieving. Something more than just not drinking.

I'm still just not quite sure about some of these things. I am trying to find the intersection between trusting my HP, living one day at a time, while at the same time being able to achieve something out of my life. Maybe I am seeing things too much in a black and white sort of world, and need to add a grayscale to it?

Just wondering if anyone else has had this same struggle, or dealt with it along the way.