They have rights who dare defend them. ~Roger Baldwin
Today I am grateful...
- for excellent food prepared by a friend at her home and an evening full of enlightening chat
- that today I can take a compliment as it is intended and say 'thank you'
- that my life has been changed by the program of recovery and the 12 Steps
- for the 'to do' list I put together yesterday
- for the privilege of recognizing a Higher Power
In recovery, we regain our right to have choices, our right to have honest relationships. Do we claim these rights, or do we let them go by? Sometimes, standing up for our rights will mean going against the crowd. It will mean turning down that drink when everyone else has one. It will mean telling your honest opinion when it's different from the others think. Being sober will mean, at times, being different. Lots of times, we find being different hard. We want to fit in. This is normal. But we don't stand alone. We have friends who will stand with us during hard times. We have a Higher Power who will guide and comfort us. We are people with rights. Let's work hard so nothing takes away our rights. ~Keep It Simple
9 comments:
I'm glad you enjoyed yourself and the salmon. Oh, and I love you.
For me, the last quote means I'm not going to feel the same every day. Sometimes sadness is there and I have to feel it.It will be OK if I keep showing up.
It sounds like a nice evening to have some enlightening talk.
I love the 'right to have choices'. Thank you for that reminder and empowerment. Love to you!
Scott W, you wrote: "In recovery, we regain our right to have choices..." and so RIGHT is that "right"! And, we have the right to be wrong--well, I guess so, but I sure still hate being "wrong", and having someone point that out to me--Mr. "Myth of Perfection".
What's with the salmon bit? ...Never mind-grin-!
Isn't it funny how hard it is to just say thank you when someone says something to us that actually does warrent that response?
We're weird. Well, I guess I should just speak for myself.
Nah, you're kinda "odd" yourself...thank goodness.
Yeah, that's the ticket, keep it simple.
I ♥ that last quotation!
that's so true... "the privilege of recognizing a higher power" - it is a privilege, isn't it?
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