Just for Today-Sept. 27
Posted on September 29, 2007 in the category
What man has changed, man can change.
Fred M. Vinson
Sometimes we find ourselves wanting things to be different right away.When that doesn’t happen, we may feel angry and upset that our needs are not being met, our wishes are not being fulfilled.
Now we’ve learned that change doesn’t come from outside us, but from within. When we’re looking for kindness and compassion, we must find it first in our own hearts. When we need order and discipline in our lives, we need to find them within ourselves.
In the beginning, taking such an active role may seem strange to us. But in time we come to relish changing our own lives for the better instead of waiting for change to happen. Our Higher Power is always waiting to grant us comfort and support. New things are there for us to learn. Our Twelve Step fellowship has advice, friendship, and love for the asking. We have the time and the tools to rebuild our physical strength.
We are not alone. And we are not helpless. We’re learning to look forward to a new and exciting way of life–one day at a time.
Today help me remember to help myself.
Tags: Just for Today, recovery, clean and sober, Narcotics Anonymous, Twelve Step program
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This is a terrific and oh so true post. Everything takes time and we, as people in the world who live sped up lifestyles, cannot accept that life works in a way where we have to work, work, continue to work, and then when we think we can’t work anymore, things are just starting to work out. Thanks for the post, it was enlightening.