Knowing myself
Asking for help when I need it and acting on my own when I don't
Admitting when I'm wrong and making amends
Accepting love from others, even if I'm having a tough time loving myself
Recognizing that I always have choices, and taking responsibility for the ones I make
Seeing that life is a blessing
Having an opinion without insisting that others share it
Forgiving myself and others
Recognizing my shortcomings and my strengths
Having the courage to live one day at a time
Acknowledging that my needs are my responsibility
Caring for people without having to take care of them.
Accepting that I'll never be finished - I'll always be a work-in-progress.
- Courage to Change (Al-Anon)
Today's Reminder:
Today I can spin a little silk and let it grace everything I touch. I don't have to look back to past ugliness except to learn from it, to enhance the present, and to release whatever beauty is trapped behind old secrets and self-defeating attitudes. One day at a time I can delight in the splendid person I am becoming.
"Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing in loveliness...until it flowers again from within..." - Galway Kinnell
originally posted on my site Soundness of Mind
Do you know yourself? A good reason to do a Step Four.
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Love always,
Jo
I share because I care.
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