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Post Info TOPIC: Just For Today ~ 9/30/15


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Just For Today ~ 9/30/15


JUST FOR TODAY I will be happy. 

This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Our minds focus on the past and future when we are fearful

and anxious.  Focus on your good qualities and the the gifts

that you have right now.

{{HUGS}}

 

 

 

 



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does prevent bad behavior from destroying your heart". ~ unknown

Debbie



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Thank you, just what I needed to hear

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Just for today, I am with you 100%. My hope is to repeat this each morning and carry forward living in the moment - so much calmer and peaceful than the alternative!

Have a lovely day Debb and thanks for your service and ESH!

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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging.  Pause before assuming.  Pause before accusing.  Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret.  ~~~~  Lori Deschene

 

 



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Hi Debbie, Thanks to alanon I now understand that my old unrealistic, negative tools of pretending to be happy by denying reality and my magical thinking did not work.

Alanon gave me constructive tools so as I would be able to be truly happy.

By stopping my judging, blaming, and gossiping, staying in the moment, focusing on the positive and treating everyone with courtesy and respect, serenity replaced anxiety and joy, and happiness followed.

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That you for this! Yesterday was a tough day for some reason I can't really explain, and today, I am committed to leave yesterday behind and focus on the positives of today.


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If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. - Lao Tzu



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Thank you Deb!  Yes, today we have choices we never knew we had.  We can choose to be happy, regardless of what going on around us.  We accept powerlessness today.  We are living in the world of The Spirit today.  We have a Higher Power that has restored us to sanity and has our back. 



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JFT IMO is the most valuable piece of literature a newcomer can have

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