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Todays reading is about beauty and how living with alcoholism can mean we have a negative self defeating attitude and dont see the beauty in ourselves. It talks about how changing our negative attitude into a positive makes us more beautiful human beings. Living with love and gratitude brings out our lovliness. the quote says , "sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness......until it flowers again from within" galway kinnell.
Thank you for sharing!
Today's reading really speaks to me. I used to be so happy and positive. I could easily see the beauty and the possibility in life. After seven years with my wife, I was as negative and pessimistic as she was. It has taken a year of effort to let go of the negativity, and little by little, things are really turning back toward positive possibility and joy. Or, maybe I am better able to see this, without the pessimistic attitude I am working so hard to shed. I definitely needed to relearn how to see the beauty and joy around me, and I am so happy now that I can see it more clearly.
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Skorpi
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
Its amazing how our own minds determine what the world looks like. Its nothing to do with situatiins or other people its all inside and how we choose to see it. I think your signature says it all to be honest, live in the now and its easy to see the beauty.x
Great shares LC and Skorpi I must admit that I did not notice how much my attitude had changed until I entered program and began to keep the focus on myself .
The alanon opening says it all" we become irritable and unreasonable without even knowing it". That was me.
Today, with gratitude lists, asset lists and the Steps I can easily see and appreciate the beautify in nature, music, others my fellow MIP members and myself.
Thanks alanon.
Thanks LC for your service Hope you are feeling better
It was so hard to be upbeat when you live with someone who consistently saw and spoke in negative terms about everything (due to the disease). It is still hard sometimes, but I find that bouncing right back because of the daily practicing of the Al-Anon steps everyday has made my life much more beautiful and tolerable. Thank you El-cee!
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"Forgiveness doesn't excuse bad behavior, but it
does prevent bad behavior from destroying your heart". ~ unknown
