Courage To Change 07/13/14
Behold the power of NO
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Courage To Change 07/13/14
How many days of my life have I wasted? I missed the joys of my children’s early years because I was preoccupied with the alcoholic. I rejected overtures of friendship from co-workers so that I could fret uninterrupted about what was bothering me. Not once during those days did I think about my right to enjoy the day. Al-Anon has led me to see that I have choices, especially about my attitudes. I don’t have to see my life as a tragedy or torment myself with past mistakes or future worries. Today can be the focus of my life. It is filled with interesting activities if I allow myself to see it with a spirit of wonder. When my worries and sorrows cloak me, the laughter and sunshine of the everyday world seem inappropriate to the way I feel. Who is out of sync—the rest of the world or me?
Today’s Reminder
Today I will live in the present and find what I can to enjoy there. If there is pain, I will accept that too. But my pain does not have to completely
overshadow the enjoyable parts of my reality. I will participate in making more of my joy: I may join in a conversation at work or at a meeting, tell a joke at the dinner table, or laugh with a friend. Just for today, I might even allow myself to sing.
“Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life.”
From the Sanskrit Salutation of the Dawn
Today I will live in the present and find what I can to enjoy there. If there is pain, I will accept that too. But my pain does not have to completely
overshadow the enjoyable parts of my reality. I will participate in making more of my joy: I may join in a conversation at work or at a meeting, tell a joke at the dinner table, or laugh with a friend. Just for today, I might even allow myself to sing.
“Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life.”
From the Sanskrit Salutation of the Dawn
Behold the power of NO
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Posting early, I probably will not have computer access tomorrow (early shift followed by staff meeting) and I can't post the dailies from my android. I will make sure I bump the thread though.
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