Society can do anything it chooses to do with me when I am drunk, and I can't lift a finger to stop it, for I forfeit my rights through the simple expedient of becoming a menace to myself and to the people around me. With deep shame came the knowledge, too, that I had lived with no sense of social obligation not had I known the meaning of moral responsibility to my fellow men. ~Alcoholics Anonymous - Fourth Edition
Today I am grateful...
- that maybe one day politicians and the pulpit will be separated forever
- that today is my sponsor's 26th AA birthday
- that today many things are as they always have been, but I seem to have an easier time seeing them
- that pain can be lessened by trust and faith
- that I do not have to gossip today to feel better about myself
- that life is less disruptive with a clean house
A friend of mine called me one day. He had lost his best friend and roommate to a sudden illness three months earlier. "What's wrong with me?" he said. "My spiritual beliefs are intact. I work hard on myself. Yet I break down crying for no reason. I'm a wreck. Why aren't I over this yet?" "Because it takes time," I said. "Give that gift to yourself." The seeds of change grow gently, sometimes almost imperceptibly. Birth takes time. Transformation takes time. You are being transformed and reborn. Give yourself and others the gift of time. ~Melody Beattie
7 comments:
Hey, I think I am going to try that clean house thing today
Politicians and the pulpit.
We have a lot of room for improvement on that, but we have it much, much better than a large portion of the world's peoples in that regard.
I want one of those clean house days!
Uh, pardon me but what is a clean house?
Can I have the gift of time right now? I'd like everything in the whole wide world to be perfect right now. Can the gift of time work like that?
Oh.
Damn.
Ah, "Time"...the thing that is so hard for many of us in recovery. I can honestly say that it's been well worth the wait...but it sure can be hard to deal with while I'm waiting for something to happen.
The gift of time....Very Nice.
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