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.
Now that the year is at its end, I'll take a few minutes to comtemplate the progress I have made and to thank my HP for my growth. What did I do to contribute to my success this year? Perhaps it was as simple and as profound as daring to come to my first meeting or to keep coming even when it was difficult.
How have I reached out to others in the fellowship this year? Did I set out literature, chair a meeting, clean up? Perhaps I welcomed a newcomer or gave them my phone number. Maybe I asked someone to be my sponsor or opened up more deeply to the sponsor I already had. Have I thanked that person for all they have given me? Have I recognized my growing ability to trust and love others?
Perhaps I finally understood the "First Step" or really committed myself to working some of the others. Maybe I had the faith and the courage to make some hard decisions.
I am discovering that I do play an important part in my own well being. I will celebrate my achievements and be grateful for all I have been given, I am not perfect, but I am excellent!
Todays reminder------------ I am grateful for the alanon program and all that my HP has given me. I look forward to an even brighter new year!
I am learning to treat myself as if I am valuable. I find that when I practice long enough I begin to believe it!
As for my personal New Years resolution,,,I am going to try and be my best role model...........................Best Wishes..& thank you all for making this site possible......gardengal
Thanks Gardengal! There's a lot of good food for thought here! Great reminders! My new touchstone for the coming year (I don't call it resolution because I have broken so many!) is to see the light in the darkness, no matter how small it may be--and to BE a light in the darkness, no matter how small! The winter months have always been depressing for me, so this year I decided to take my child through it with a lot of love and care, one day at a time, and look for the light of that day. It's always there! It may be a candle, a white sun swathed in grey cloud, a moon riding on a sea of bubbly cloud, a rainbow on the wall from the crystal hanging in the window, a glow in someone's eyes, the light is always there somehow, when you look for it and sometimes even when you're not looking for it--it just takes you by surprise!
