One day at a time, This is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past. For it is gone. . . And do not be troubled about the future. For it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful. That it will be worth remembering.
Thank you Larry. I use to be uncomfortable with the NOW because my mind was always on the past or looked ahead to the future never living in the NOW. There was fear on both side of the NOW. This unmanageability in my life got me to drink, drink got me to AA, AA got me to a sponsor, who got me to the steps, that got me in touch with God and I now try to pass that on. By doing this; I'm comfortable in NOW and don't think to much about the past or future.
Wow, I really needed to read this, I never think of the now, its either what I did to get in this situation or what can I do in the future to change it, but never on exactly what I am doing now.
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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Hope you are feeling better. Remember: It's not what happens to the man....It's what the man does when it happens.
take care
Rob
SoberSteve wrote:
Wow, I really needed to read this, I never think of the now, its either what I did to get in this situation or what can I do in the future to change it, but never on exactly what I am doing now.
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Rob
"There ain't no Coupe DeVille hiding in the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box."
"Look to this day, for it is life The very life of Life. In its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence: the joy of growth, the splendor of action, the glory of power. For yesterday is but a memory And tomorrow is only a vision; but today well lived makes every yesterday a memory of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day"
I read it every morning before I start my day...it really helps to kick off my day on a good note.
Read the Post title, and my head responded with, well sometimes the Present does not seem like a "Present"...
Now that I am writing this and the solution was in my view....Take away the fear, asking my HP to help me remove the fear, and will see more clearly that yes, the Present always has a "Present" to it....called "letting go and Letting God"
Pulled right in the day, and out of Projecting in the Future...
Good to see you with another Sunshine Post.
And dear SoberSteve, always good to see you my friend, hope and Pray that in this one day at a time Program, that in this 24 hours, life is being kind to my friend Steve. Love ya.
Read the Post title, and my head responded with, well sometimes the Present does not seem like a "Present"...
Now that I am writing this and the solution was in my view....Take away the fear, asking my HP to help me remove the fear, and will see more clearly that yes, the Present always has a "Present" to it....called "letting go and Letting God"
Pulled right in the day, and out of Projecting in the Future...
Good to see you with another Sunshine Post.
And dear SoberSteve, always good to see you my friend, hope and Pray that in this one day at a time Program, that in this 24 hours, life is being kind to my friend Steve. Love ya.
Your Sister in Recovery, Toni Toni
Toni
yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why they call it the present.
Author Eleanor Roosevelt
Larry, ------------- How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
