Each day is different and has a surprise in it, like a Cracker Jack box. --Alpha English
It's interesting to ponder the notion of surprise. Not every one of them is all that welcome. Hearing bad news about a friend or having a special trip we'd been counting on canceled can leave us dismayed and worried, right along with surprised. Seeking solace from others while cultivating a willingness to accept that all things happen for a reason gives us the armor we need to make the best of every situation and disappointment.
It's an interesting image to think of each day as a box of Cracker Jacks. The moments of our lives have been very tasty. Some were sweet, some were a bit salty, and there were always wholly unexpected moments, the surprises that we were ready for even though we may not have imagined as much. We can look forward to the same daily agenda throughout the remaining years.
Does it help to know that there is a divine plan unfolding in our lives? Many of us find comfort in that. All of us can cultivate that belief.
I am ready for my surprise today! It is meant for me at this time.
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I used to love Cracker Jack's and getting to that surprise. That's back when CJ's were five or ten cents a box. The prizes were sometimes really cool ones. As I got older, so many of the prizes were just made out of paper and a big disappointment rather than metal and plastic and something I wanted.
I love the idea of looking at each day as if it were like a box of Cracker Jacks with a surprise in each one and I am going to start doing that. I will try to accept and make the most of the "surprise" even if it is not one I am really wanting or expecting.
My life in sobriety has definitely been filled with the most wonderful surprises I never could've imagined. Total surrender in the Steps was the beginning of it all for me. I couldn't have written this script. Happy Easter to all of you, Mike D.
I used to love Cracker Jack's and getting to that surprise. That's back when CJ's were five or ten cents a box. The prizes were sometimes really cool ones. As I got older, so many of the prizes were just made out of paper and a big disappointment rather than metal and plastic and something I wanted.
You're right ... in the 50's, the prizes were really to be looked forward to, sometimes I'd have to dump the box to get the prize first before eating them ... AND, they were pretty darn good too ... alas! they went the way of the giant nickel candy bar ... a Milky-Way or a Three Musketeers bar back then was a 'meal' ... ... LOL
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
