Thanks Debb - lovely share for today. It's so funny - as the weather changes, so does my morning routine as I don't like to walk outside until it's a bit warmer. So - that's when I often start my prayer/meditation as my fur-baby and I stroll. I now have to change things up and that's OK - my days mean so much more when I can start with this step and as Betty suggests include gratitude and asset lists.

I am grateful today that Al-Anon has given me a blueprint for a different way to live, think and love. Before this program, I had read over and over again about how little we can love others if we don't love ourselves. I think I believed that in my head, but did not practice it in my heart. Everyone else came first and then with what was left, I would consider myself and my needs. All this did was make me bitter and resentful as nobody else put me first and I could not understand why others did not do as I did and live as I did. Well - processing and program work gave me the wisdom to know that I had it backwards, not them.

So - yes - If I start my day in the right frame of mind through prayer and meditation, my days go so much better. I have a bit of pep in my step and can get through just about anything that pops up on the radar screen. When I begin to stumble, I have the program tools and my sponsor to right my thinking and help me refocus on what is good. I am grateful for that which is good today and give to my HP, God that which is troubling.

Happy Monday and (((hugs))) to all!