Words and magic were, in the beginning, one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power. ~Sigmund Freud
Today I am grateful...
- the outstretched hand of AA is available all over the world
- that I am willing to be worry free
- that I was able to deal with a worry yesterday quickly and come out the other side
- for grocery stores. I went last night but forgot to get anything for breakfast.
- that I won't starve today
We shape our experiences with the words we use to describe them. Word images create expectations and we naturally move toward them. When a man says, "I can't!" he is commanding his unconscious self to be helpless. When he has a picture in his mind of moving toward his goal, he may say, "It's hard, but I'm going to give it my best effort." If, every time he makes a mistake, he mutters berating statements to himself like, "You idiot! You can't do anything right," he is teaching himself to be inadequate.
It's our responsibility in recovery to use respectful, honest, health-giving words. We can no longer use defeating, shaming, or derogatory words. Our language has a hypnotic effect on us and the people around us. So let's look at our resources today and name them. Let's meet our difficulties with our strength, our patience, and the backing of our Higher Power. ~Touchstones
7 comments:
thank you
I am willing to be worry free mi amigo!
Went to the sotre and forgot breakfast? Hmmmmmm. Maybe you are telling yourself to forget it.
Zane, I won't stop eating breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day!
I too am grateful I will not starve today.
Have a fabulous weekend!
That inner voice can be an enemy or an ally. I've enrolled mine in a course of retraining.
i can't say that i love grocery stores but i'm beginning to not mind them so much...
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