Language of Letting Go - Jan. 28 - Staying in the Present Moment
Language of Letting Go - Jan. 28 - Staying in the Present Moment
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go
Staying in the Present Moment
Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts.
Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning effectively today. It keeps us from doing our best now. It blocks us from learning and mastering today's lessons. Staying in the now, doing our best, and participating fully today are all we need to do to assure ourselves that what's going to happen tomorrow will be for the best.
Worrying about what's going to happen is a negative contribution to our future. Living in the here and now is ultimately the best thing we can do, not only for today, but also for tomorrow. It helps our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life.
Things will work out, if we let them. If we must focus on the future other than to plan, all we need to do is affirm that it will be good.
I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what's happening now instead of what's going to happen tomorrow.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
Staying in the Present Moment
Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts.
Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning effectively today. It keeps us from doing our best now. It blocks us from learning and mastering today's lessons. Staying in the now, doing our best, and participating fully today are all we need to do to assure ourselves that what's going to happen tomorrow will be for the best.
Worrying about what's going to happen is a negative contribution to our future. Living in the here and now is ultimately the best thing we can do, not only for today, but also for tomorrow. It helps our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life.
Things will work out, if we let them. If we must focus on the future other than to plan, all we need to do is affirm that it will be good.
I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what's happening now instead of what's going to happen tomorrow.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
Early in recovery, I was told that if I lived in regret of yesterday or in fear of tomorrow, I would lose all my todays.
How true that was for me. I used to "awfulize" at what may lie ahead, living in fear of every possible thing that could go wrong. Even on a bad day, things were rarely as bad as I had envisioned. Worry is a wasted emotion that sucks the life right out of us, if we let it.
Just for today, I will live my life well, take time to notice the beauty that surrounds me and feel gratitude for all the gifts of "today".
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How true that was for me. I used to "awfulize" at what may lie ahead, living in fear of every possible thing that could go wrong. Even on a bad day, things were rarely as bad as I had envisioned. Worry is a wasted emotion that sucks the life right out of us, if we let it.
Just for today, I will live my life well, take time to notice the beauty that surrounds me and feel gratitude for all the gifts of "today".
Hugs
I learned from my spiritual journey to be here now. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow has not yet arrived. There is only this moment.
In my codie recovery, I have learned not to obsess about the past or fear the future.
Yesterday, I sat with my daughter and listened as she shared her struggle and I stayed in the moment, as opposed to the awfulizing or what ifs that her reality 'can' conjure up.
and the gift of my recovery was, after such a long journey, to be able to hand her some tools that will allow her to begin her recovery..
In my codie recovery, I have learned not to obsess about the past or fear the future.
Yesterday, I sat with my daughter and listened as she shared her struggle and I stayed in the moment, as opposed to the awfulizing or what ifs that her reality 'can' conjure up.
and the gift of my recovery was, after such a long journey, to be able to hand her some tools that will allow her to begin her recovery..
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When I find myself worrying about the future (whether that's related to my AD or just to me - like the economy or my health -) I have learned to very quickly start to pray and ask God to take care of that. Or like in the case of my AD, I've already asked God to take care of her and all I have to do is remind myself that He's got her. then I go on with whatever I was doing before the worrysome thought intruded. It took me 'bout 2 years to learn to do this - and mean it - and surely learned WHY I needed to that right here on this forum.
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