August 3 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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August 3 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
August 3 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
Sometimes, I find myself so busy wondering what someone else is doing, and where and why, that my own thoughts create turmoil inside me. When this happens, I know I’m a candidate for a new, honest self-appraisal. If I allow myself to evade this self-confrontation, I’ll be a candidate for a rude awakening!
I must not forget that my first obligation is to work out changes in my own thinking patterns. My progress toward becoming a worthwhile human being depends on making these changes, and so does the improvement I long for in the circumstances of my life.
TODAY’S REMINDER
I can change nothing but myself. Do I need changing If things are going wrong – or seem to be – m aybe it’s because of the way I’m reacting to them. If I accept the fact that the principal source of my unhappiness is in me, I’ll be giving myself a good reason to do something about ME. It isn’t easy – but the rewards are beyond reckoning!
“My happiness cannot possibly depend on my forcing changes in somebody else. Nor does my misery come from anyone but myself.”
Sometimes, I find myself so busy wondering what someone else is doing, and where and why, that my own thoughts create turmoil inside me. When this happens, I know I’m a candidate for a new, honest self-appraisal. If I allow myself to evade this self-confrontation, I’ll be a candidate for a rude awakening!
I must not forget that my first obligation is to work out changes in my own thinking patterns. My progress toward becoming a worthwhile human being depends on making these changes, and so does the improvement I long for in the circumstances of my life.
TODAY’S REMINDER
I can change nothing but myself. Do I need changing If things are going wrong – or seem to be – m aybe it’s because of the way I’m reacting to them. If I accept the fact that the principal source of my unhappiness is in me, I’ll be giving myself a good reason to do something about ME. It isn’t easy – but the rewards are beyond reckoning!
“My happiness cannot possibly depend on my forcing changes in somebody else. Nor does my misery come from anyone but myself.”
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