Getting Glum, as is the usual case when the weather changes and it gets cold and dark. Have to keep my head out of the blahs and the poor me's. Need to make a gratitude list this morning, and if it helps no one else, it is intended to help ME get through the day.
I am grateful for my day to day sobriety. I am appreciative and grateful for a job that I enjoy. I am grateful for my beautiful caring animals. I am grateful for a warm clean bed to lay my head. I have friends all over the world who understand me, thanks to MIP. I have a warm caring family who now TRUSTS me.
There is a lot to be grateful for today, and I will continue my mental list as I go off to work today.
Thanks for letting me share a bit this morning.
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~Your Higher Power has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
I personally am grateful you both are here!!!!!!!! xo
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
Thanks for sharing your Gratitude, Joni. I've recently begun to count my blessings as a matter of course when my head starts to go too. Maybe when I'm more evolved I'll remember to do it everyday! It's important for me to remember that I only get a daily reprieve contingent on my spiritual condition & given that I have a MALADY to deal with in these Steps I know if I do the next right things I needn't be debilitated by it. Cunning, Baffling & Powerful. The AA tools ensure I don't go under. Thanks for your example. God bless your HP ;) Daniella x
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
Thank you for that. Until about 2 years ago, prior to my alcoholism really sky-rocketing - I was so grateful everyday. As with many people in the world, I had to work very hard to get where I am today - and I was SO thankful for it everyday. I used to wonder how people became just glazed over. How they could not be full of joy at all there is to enjoy in life.
Then...... I lost it for a while and completely understand and don't question anymore. So - one of the things at the top of my gratitude list......is that I am grateful again. I am smiling again. And this time I am sober.
Happiness is a choice. I have said that for SOOOO long - judging others for not choosing to smile. But sometimes - the lack of happiness - is just purely bad choices or unavoidable circumstances. Now I understand how debilitating depression can be - sometimes there is no choice.
I am free....for today.
I am grateful I am grateful
...for my daughter ...for my loving family ...for my sobriety ...for my health ...for my job ...Fall - leaves changing, slight chill on the wind, and the smell of rain and first fires. ...my beautiful house ...my dependable car ...new friends
tlc
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