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here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
Today's contributor points to the classic Don Quixote tale of errantly directed effort. Self proclaiming as a hero, he mistakes windmills for threatening giants and exhausts himself in the futile attempt to slay them.
We, too, can pick fights with imaginary, or undefeatable targets.
Reminder - Don't allow imagination to build small issues into large. Instead, let our program-guided sanity reveal the minimum level of care it should receive.
"God grant me the sense of proportion to judge the difference between an incident and a crisis." - unattributed -------------------------- With the helpful insight of Alanon and my higher power, combined with honesty, I realize that there are very few issues that are truly worth concern. The rest are ones I've mistaken for reasons to lose my sanity, composure, or to respond to others unkindly.
I rarely need to be a hero, change other people or things, just attend to my business with a sense of contented serenity that allows me to pass that along to others...I need to remember to keep it simple.
Grateful for the reminders
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Paul
"...when we try to control others, we lose the ability to manage our own lives." - Paths to Recovery
