If you expect to be told what or how without taking the time to understand why, then you can also expect to often be deceived. When you are unwilling to think for yourself, there are plenty of people eagerly waiting to take advantage of you. ~Ralph Marston
Today I am grateful...
- for air conditioning and ceiling fans on hot nights
- for a good, calm, quiet, artistically productive weekend--complete with spirituality, meetings and people I love
- that if time is passing quickly, the days whizzing by, then I must be having a good time because before when my days were filled with dread and disease--those days passed s-l-o-w-l-y
- for the grace that allows me to experience the blessings of this day
- for the army of WE that is Alcoholics Anonymous
We must learn to live life in a way that petty annoyances do not weigh us down. We can make healthy choices to not react to emotional unrest in others with emotional unrest of our own. We can hold onto the inner peace that God gives us even in the most difficult of situations. We can learn to allow this inner calmness to be our guide in our interactions with others. We no longer need to pick fights with others, and we no longer need to accept invitations to argue with others. This does not mean that we avoid problems, rather we seek solutions to the problems that may arise in and around us. ~Wisdom for Today
9 comments:
Hi! I think we're in the Pink Platoon together.
I agree with all that stuff and Bill too.
I hope I stay willing to think for myself always.
Mee too. I love the grace comment.
I was convinced that there were more than 24 hours in each day when I was on the lash. :-( Horrid.
I like that quote from Wisdom For Today. I don't have to react to another. I know that now.
HI :)
I wish our "army" saluted each other...that would be way cool.
Now drop and do 20!
before i came into recovery, i always felt more comfortable when others did my thinking for me. that's not the case today, and for that i'm grateful.
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