Today is August 26, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
SECURITY
"Nobody in this world is more secure than a man in a penitentiary." -- Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
In one sense it is safe to live in a prison --- but at what price? To live is to be free and have the responsibility of choice. Addiction removes this freedom of choice; addiction takes away our freedom.
In sobriety I am involved in the joys of risk. I experience the pleasure and pain that comes with the responsibility of choice. Today I know I am living --- yesterday I had to read about it!
God, I thank You for the confusing gift of freedom.
Things you can and cannot change There are things that you can change, and there are things that you cannot change. Both have much value.
The things you can change can enable you to create, to achieve, to express yourself, and to improve the world in which you live. The things you cannot change give you the opportunity to grow stronger, to develop real wisdom, patience, acceptance, flexibility and effectiveness.
There is much you can learn from the things you cannot change. And there are countless ways to positively apply that learning toward the things you can change.
The things you cannot change give you a base from which to work. The things you can change give you an ever-increasing world of possibilities.
When you accept what you cannot change and find positive ways to deal with it, you lay the groundwork for success. When you understand what you can change and find positive ways to put that change to work, success and achievement are yours.
You are fortunate to live in a world where there are things you can change and things you cannot. As each moment arrives, you're in a position to make the best of it all.
If money grew on hackberry trees If time wasn't such a luxury If love was lovesick over me That'd be alright
If I could keep the wind in my sails Keep a hold of the tiger by the tail A half a ham sandwich in my lunch pail That'd be alright
That'd be alright That'd be alright If everybody everywhere Had a lighter load to bear And a little bigger piece of the pie We'd be livin' us a pretty good life And that'd be alright
Go heavy on the good and light on the bad A hair more happy and shade less sad Turn all that negative down just a tad That'd be alright
If my dear old dog never got old If the family farm never got sold Another bad joke never got told That'd be alright
That'd be alright That'd be alright If everybody everywhere Had a lighter load to bear And a little bigger piece of the pie We'd be livin' us a pretty good life And that'd be alright
That'd be alright That'd be alright If everybody everywhere Had a lighter load to bear And a little bigger piece of the pie We'd be livin' us a pretty good life And that'd be alright
That'd be alright That'd be alright That'd be alright That'd be alright
