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Yesterday - Today - And - Tomorrow



There are two days in every week about which we should not
worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and
apprehension.

One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares,
Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains. Yesterday
has passed forever beyond our control.

All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday.
We cannot undo a single act we performed. We cannot erase
a single word we said. Yesterday is gone.

The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow. With
Its possible adversities, Its burdens, Its large promise and
poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate
control.

Tomorrow's Sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask
of clouds, but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in
tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.

This just leaves only one day, today. Any person can fight the
battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burdens
of those two awful eternity's - yesterday and tomorrow that
we break down.

It is not the experience of today that drives people mad. It
is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened
yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.

Let us therefore live but one day at a time.




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GOD                                                   SAYING THIS WORD I AM ADMITTING THE EXISTENCE OF A
                                                            CONSCIOUSNESS OR? OF? A HIGHER POWER THAT IS
                                                            GREATER THAN I.

GRANT                                             SAYING THIS SECOND WORD, I AM ADMITTING THAT THIS
                                                            CONSCIOUSNESS OR HIGHER POWER IS ABLE TO BESTOW AND
                                                            GIVE TO ME AND TO OTHERS.

ME THE                                            I AM ASKING SOMETHING FOR MYSELF. HOLY BOOKS SAY THAT
                                                           IF I ASK SINCERELY, IT SHALL BE GIVEN. IT IS NOT WRONG TO ASK
                                                           FOR IMPROVING MYSELF. FOR WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF MY
                                                           CHARACTER, BOTH I AND PEOPLE AROUND ME WILL BE HAPPIER,
                                                           AND MY RELATIONSHIPS WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO IMPROVE.

SERENITY                                       I AM ASKING FOR CALMNESS, COMPOSURE AND INNER PEACE IN MY
                                                           LIFE WHICH WILL ENABLE ME TO TRANSCEND MY EGO, TO THINK
                                                           STRAIGHT AND TO GOVERN MYSELF PROPERLY.

TO ACCEPT                                    I AM RESIGNING MYSELF TO CONDITIONS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
                                                           I AM LIVING IN THE NOW, THE PRESENT MOMENT.

THE THINGS                                   I ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRAGEDY, DEATH, SUFFERING, ILLNESS AND PAIN,
                                                           AS A PART OF MY LIFE, NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD. I ACCEPT MY
                                                           HUMANNESS AND FALLIBILITY. I AM ACCEPTING MY LOT IN LIFE AS IT IS.
                                                           UNTIL I HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ANY PART OF MY LIFE I DON'T
                                                           LIKE, I MUST ACCEPT IT, WITHOUT DOING SO GRUDGINGLY.

I CANNOT                                        I CAN'T PREVENT THESE EVENTS OR CONDITIONS FROM HAPPENING TO
CHANGE...                                       ME OR TO OTHERS.

COURAGE                                       A QUALITY WHICH ENABLES ME TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS AND
                                                            REALITIES OF LIFE WITHOUT RELIANCE ON ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. A
                                                            DETERMINATION TO STAND MY GROUND AND "SLUG IT OUT" WITH
                                                            ALL ISSUES, PLEASANT OR OTHERWISE, THAT MIGHT RETURN ME TO
                                                            DRINKING OR USING. A STRENGTH OF MY SPIRIT TO FACE AND HANDLE
                                                            THE NEGATIVE. FEARLESSNESS IN THE PRACTICE OF FAITH, HUMILITY
                                                            AND HONESTY.

TO CHANGE                                   IN FACING THESE NEGATIVES DIRECTLY AND HONESTLY, I AM ASKING
                                                           FOR MYSELF AND MY LIFE CONDITIONS TO BE DIFFERENT FOR ME.
                                                           I AM TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN THIS CHANGING.

THE THINGS                                   I AM ASKING FOR HELP TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
I CAN                                                 EVERYTHING IS NOT THE WAY I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE IN MY LIFE.
                                                            I MUST CONTINUE TO FACE REALITY AND CONSTANTLY WORK TOWARD
                                                            MY CONTINUED GROWTH AND PROGRESS.


AND  WISDOM                                I AM ASKING FOR THE ABILITY TO RISE ABOVE MY EGO AND FORM SOUND
                                                           JUDGMENTS ABOUT MYSELF AND MY LIFE. I THEN USE MY ABILITY TO ASK
                                                           FOR GUIDANCE FROM MYSELF, OTHERS AND A HIGHER POWER.

TO KNOW THE                               I WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND CLEARLY TRUTHS OF FACT. I WANT
DIFFERENCE...                              TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN MY LIFE SO THAT I WILL BE MORE AWARE
                                                           OF MYSELF AND OF OTHERS. I NEED TO SENSE A DEFINITE VALUE IN LOVING
                                                           OVER BEING SELFISH.

From: "Alcoholism & Spirituality"
by     Charles Whitfield






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Great and then you went and spoit it by getting all religious

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