Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato
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Today I am grateful...
- for the perfect day off yesterday. Gray, dark, rainy day. I shopped for eyeglasses--frames are just too expensive (the ones I want). I visited thrift stores and found some great buys. At the grocery store I told a woman her little round eyeglasses were great. She had boxes of chocolates, boxes of wine and 4 umbrellas in her cart. I mentioned she was having a party and she commented the wine was good to which I said there wasn't enough wine in that store for me. That led to a conversation about me being in AA, that she took her best friend for her 50th birthday to New Orleans and found a meeting for she and her friend to attend at Lambda N.O. Then I relayed the story about Lambda Houston setting up the first gay and lesbian hospitality suite at the N.O. national AA convention some 25+ years ago. She mentioned that we have a lesbian running for mayor and four other candidates for city positions are gay or lesbian. The chocolates were for her son in college, the 4 umbrellas were for her daughter and her friends in the car pool because they are not smart enough to get out of the rain. It was a charming interaction with a stranger, something again that would not have happened if I were still drinking. I gave her my card and she asked what I did, I said I painted and she said she would keep up with that!
- that in the Beginners meeting last night I was shown again that it is what I can bring to a meeting, not to be uncomfortable when the disease is bubbling in the room at eye level
- that I am back on my restricted eating plan and am down three pounds from Sunday
- that lately I have felt so good mentally, emotionally and spiritually that it is hard to imagine it getting better, but life keeps on doing just that
I am of some use in the world. I have a purpose in life. I am worth something at last. My life has a direction and a meaning. All that feeling of futility is gone. I can do something worthwhile. God has given me a new lease on life so that I can help other alcoholics. He has let me live through all the hazards of my alcoholic life to bring me at last to a place of real usefulness in the world. He has let me live for this. This is my opportunity and my destiny. I am worth something! ~Twenty-Four Hours a Day
9 comments:
Thanks for your gratitude. It helped me to remember that I need to be working on my A-Z gratitude list to carry with me. Because when I'm out in the world, I forget to be thankful for everything. I live with "everything is exactly as it should be, or it would be different". It helps me to remember Who is in charge of my life. I am the clay and He is the potter. Love, Kathy kathyberman.com.
Yes, I've noticed a lot of bubbling lately. This doesn't fare well for the upcoming holiday season. Well, not for them, at least.
What a day you had and what a great list today. It is beyond explaining how God intercedes to put me where I need to be.
Beautiful words today - I adore that Plato quote
I also adore being useful as a result of being sober. Great grocery story!
That story about you & the lady at the grocery store is what it's all about. It made me smile!
I'll bet she's still talking about the nice artist she met at the store! Here's a "pinch"...just so you know you're not dreaming! Life does keep getting better!
Conversations with strangers are a lot of fun, aren't they?
Thanks for the sweet story, love those kinds of experiences. Loved the quotes. Happy for you. ~ peace.
I LOVe striking up conversations with people I have never met. It amazes me how there almost always seems to be a connexion of some sort!
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