It Doesn't Have To Be a Bad Day...

Old 07-09-2002, 04:33 PM
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It Doesn't Have To Be a Bad Day...

This is from my favourite author, Melody Beattie's "Language of Letting Go" - Hope you enjoy it.

ENJOYING THE GOOD DAYS

"Good feelings can become a habitual part of our life.

There is absolutely no virtue in the unnecessary suffering, which many of us have felt for much of our lives. We don't have to allow others to make us miserable, and we don't have to make ourselves miserable.

A good day does not have to be "the calm before the storm". That's an old way of thinking we learned in dysfunctional systems.

In recovery, a good day or a good feeling doesn't mean we are in denial. We don't have to wreck our good times by obsessively searching for or creating a problem.

Enjoying our good days doesn't mean we're being disloyal to loved ones who are having problems. We don't have to make ourselves feel guilty because other people aren't having a good day. We don't have to make ourselves miserable to be like them. They can have their day and their feelings; we can have ours.

A good feeling is to be enjoyed. More than we can imagine, good days are ours for the asking."

Today, I will let myself enjoy what is good. I don't have to wreck my good day or good feeling; I don't have to let others spoil it either.


So, everyone, Have a Good Day.
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Old 07-09-2002, 04:49 PM
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Thanks Ann. I always think the good is the calm before the storm but I am trying to think differently now

Thanks again.

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Old 07-09-2002, 11:05 PM
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Thanks Ann,
No matter how bad it gets, "I" can
still have a good day. I needed to
read this tonight, I already feel better.
You are a angel.

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