December 10 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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December 10 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
December 10 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
My life is a series of unfolding – incidents and occasions, agreeable or distressing. Each day is full of them, hour by hour, and this makes it difficult for me to take a detached view of all that is happening. I’m too close.
If these occurrences were like so many pieces of merchandise – groceries or dry goods – I would see them clearly, good and bad. Looking at the incidents of my life in this way, I might be astonished to discover that the good far outweighs the bad. And yet, I concentrate so heavily on my trials and burdens that I hardly give a thought to relishing the pleasant and satisfying things that happen each day.
This noticing is an acute awareness of our surroundings and what takes place in them. It can be cultivated, like watching a play or film.
TODAY’S REMINDER
If I learn to see everything with a fresh eye, I will find I have many reasons for contentment and gratitude. When I find myself being bogged down with negative thoughts, I will deliberately turn away from them.
“Let me observe, with new interest, even the commonplace things that happen in each new day.”
My life is a series of unfolding – incidents and occasions, agreeable or distressing. Each day is full of them, hour by hour, and this makes it difficult for me to take a detached view of all that is happening. I’m too close.
If these occurrences were like so many pieces of merchandise – groceries or dry goods – I would see them clearly, good and bad. Looking at the incidents of my life in this way, I might be astonished to discover that the good far outweighs the bad. And yet, I concentrate so heavily on my trials and burdens that I hardly give a thought to relishing the pleasant and satisfying things that happen each day.
This noticing is an acute awareness of our surroundings and what takes place in them. It can be cultivated, like watching a play or film.
TODAY’S REMINDER
If I learn to see everything with a fresh eye, I will find I have many reasons for contentment and gratitude. When I find myself being bogged down with negative thoughts, I will deliberately turn away from them.
“Let me observe, with new interest, even the commonplace things that happen in each new day.”
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