The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
I have a bookmark on my desk next to my Just For Today Al-Anon one-- both of them are helping me get through some tough situations right now and I want to share the message of the one entitled Promise Yourself, in hopes that it will be helpful to you too.
PROMISE YOURSELF
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk heath, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends deel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
The last part of this bookmark I paraphrase for myself, so I can remember to turn my life and my will over to God because it is not me that is in control--
To make your Higher Power so large in your life that He/She crowds out the worry, the sadness, the anger, and the fear... to let your relationship with HP foster so much happiness that it does not permit the presence of trouble.
