1. My daughter called me, on the phone (my daughter has never called me on the phone) to tell me she is engaged (and he is a great guy!).
2. My neighbor brought me a delicious meal. She did not know I was home alone on Christmas or that I did not bother to cook.
3. I wasn't really "alone" on Christmas...I went to a great meeting and we got to welcome back someone who was fortunate enough to make it back.
4. An online friend on another MIP board is giving me a wonderful gift I would have never expected from a "stranger"...he says it's all about keeping it by giving it away, and I have learned that sometimes it's about being humble enough to just say "Thank you."
5. I finally figured out most of the settings on my new phone.
6. My sister celebrated 30 years on the 24th.
7. I gave myself a day off from work and spent half of it playing Zuma.
8. I did not take a drink today. I did thank God today.
Got home from work and one neighbor had mowed my lawn, and as I looked at it, my neighbor from across the street came running over and brought me Pot Roast dinner
for no reason....
talk about the warm fuzzies
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it's not the change that's painful, it's the resistance to change that is painful
1. I spent Christmas at home instead of in jail. 2. I was sober on Christmas. 3. I've really been taking care of myself for a few weeks. 4. I went to a meeting Christmas Day, last night and today. 5. There were homemade Christmas cookies at all the meetings I went to. :) 6. I have the top apartment, so the hot air all flows up here and it is VERY warm. 7. Most of my frieds stayed sober over the holidays. 8. My fear and pain is becoming useful; I am learning how to turn things over to God. 9. Tomorrow I visit my probation officer without fear, knowing that I have stayed sober. 10. My family had a better holiday knowing I was safe and sober.
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~Your Higher Power has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
Both my kids in Texas,(Michelle 44,Michael 43) called on Christmas to just say hey and they love me!!We just reunited after 31 years...a true blessing and a message of hope..
Another holiday period with my family all close,and a bonus my 24 year old not in jail!! And I did not drink or use any mind altering substance for another day...
Joy of watching my wife,nurse me through an illness,then see her fall ill and still find time and stamina to 'take care of others" a truly selfless spirit of love and care for which I am so blessed to be part of..
Watching 18 inches of snow fall day after Christmas ,have work shut down and end the day with a homegroup meeting with people I truly share my joys and pain with.
Watch my 5 month pregnant daughter(22)truly start to glow and grow with her first child, my 5th grandchild and to see my first 'GRANDPA LOVES ME" COOL OUTFIT!!
And most of all the simple fact that I truly feel the love and blessings of my Higher Power(don't always understand) each and everyday through the joy and the heartbreak of life.
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
