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.
Todays reading is about how our perceptions influence our feelings. Specifically the writer describes feelings of hurt and anger because of perceptions of the A in his/her life. The writer decided to pray about the anger and asked for a reminder about the spiritual reason for everything. Could the A be a blessing rather than a curse? The answer came as the writer realized the positives that were obscured in the A because of alcoholism also obscured the goodness of the writer because of his/her disease. The thought for the day restates that everything in our recovery, including perceptions, attitudes and choices begins and ends with us.
I have to say I definitely struggle with the letting-go of old hurts and resentments as they relate to my former life with an active A. Remembering that my sickness holds me to my resentments. As I continue to work this program, I can be relieved of being held back in that way. I am thinking about how compassion for those who are hurting is one thing, and for many of us it is an instinct. Compassionate for people who have hurt US is another, and I am a work in progress with that!
Hello Mary before alanon . i idid not have the tools that permitted me to let go of my anger , resentment, and self pity. ,hower woring the steps with a sponsor as WELL s the slogans pointed me in the roght direcrion. ai am ao pleased this is a spirituL PROGRAM
Good morning MIP family! Thank you Mary for your service, the daily and your ESH/share. Thank you Betty for your ESH and share as well. I also arrived with unhealthy tools, outlook, attitude and a grandiose list of wants/needs. I lived in a perpetual state of....if only.....
For me, I am tooled differently today through the grace of this program as well as the God of my understanding. No matter what I am faced with, when I practice gratitude and humility, I can find lessons, blessings and joy.
Happy Sunday all - off to a meeting and then brunch with some softball friends! We got cold temps. this morning but warming up - yay for melting! Make it a great day! (((Hugs)))
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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
So today I was able to glean something from each of your responses to the daily! Woot!
Like Mary, I struggled at first. Like Betty, I did not realize I needed these tools to move me forward in a positive way, but once embraced, things became easier.
And like Iamhere, I am finding when I decide to drop the rope and practice gratitude and humility, I find my path clearer!
Quite Sunday here... I hope everyone enjoys their last weekend day!
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"The wolf that thrives, is the one you feed." - Cherokee legend
"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness." Mary Oliver
I think when I came into Alanon I needed 15 meetings a week!
i was in a bad way... but, as it appears i was on the way up! Now I am starting to reap the rewards. I am running a small business, which should help fund our retirement. When I quit work on the orchard i was broken. I could scarcely dress and undress myself. And Now i am older- but much fitter, relaxed and healthy. Because i have hope- and that hope, at the first meeting drove me forwards... thanks...
Mary, Betty, IAm and P.