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.
As to how I did yesterday...It was a busy day reminding myself to stick to the now. I see how my mind is keeping me stuck in the past. The amount of time I am spending there in sad thoughts or fantasy is amazing. As with anything that is worth while I need to stick to it. I sure see alot of alanon basics in there. I started the chapter on pain last night, actually I read the chapter and then decided since it spoke to me so strongly I needed to read it again.
I have read and reread this line ...The book is speaking of emotional pain not physical here...
The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptace, some form of unconscious resistance to what is.
How true is that???
I am going to stick with my assignment from yesterday practice practice practice... Tonight and do some sponsor shopping. I need someone to bounce some thoughts off of. I appreciate being able to post here and listen to what you have to say to me too.
Kitty, That is the book. Two days and I can see I need to keep with it. Not a quick read as I need to stop and think a bit, but at least it gives me ideas on how to proceed with making myself a happier and healthier person Today!
Good for you! My husband and I started reading that book or the other one by the author early in October. We sped through one of them in a week and then he was out of town for 9 days. When he came back, we started reading the other one, a chapter a day. By the end of that month we were sitting around grinning at each other a lot. We were beginning to see such differences in ourselves. Two months later we still read him or a similar writer every night and we review quotes every day. We don't ever want to go back to the way we were. I want a bracelet with the word NOW on it. Husband's watchword is "Observe yourself!"
Glad you are here.
Temple
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It's easy to be graceful until someone steals your cornbread. --Gray Charles
