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August 13 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON



August 13 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON

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August 13 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON

August 13 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:

We suffer more than we need to, and often, perhaps, because we want to. Many of us reopen old wounds by dwelling on the past – what “he or she did last week or last year.” Many of us live in needless dread of what tomorrow will bring.

An interesting and rewarding exercise for today might be to examine all the things that are hurting me at the moment. I will challenge their validity to see if there is any basis for my bitterness – 9or for that dread and fear. I’ll probably discover, to my delight, that I have, right at this moment, more than enough reasons to be happy and contented.

TODAY’S REMINDER

Why do I allow myself to suffer? Is there any meaning or validity to the items I am permitting myself to suffer from? What if “he said this” – or “she did that.” Even if it was MEANT to hurt, it cannot reach the real me, if I stand grand at the door of my mind.

“Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you’ve even survived
But what torments of grief you’ve endured,
From evils which never arrived.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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