Just for today, I will remember that I am loveable. Even though I may not always love some of my actions, thoughts, appearance, I need to remember that I am worthy of recovery. I can change and learn to love myself, and recognize that beauty comes from within and is but the surface of who I am. I can not allow a pimple to blemish the outlook I have of myself. I not only had to learn to love myself, but learn to like myself too. Love is akin to hate. Both very strong emotions, as they say, "Opposites attract." I grew up thinking I was ugly all of my life. I found out that most alcoholic/addict think bad of themselves and some of the most beautiiful people that I have met, have the lowest sense of self-esteem.

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Just for today, I will not take my pain and anxiety out on others. I will apply the program to my pain and all areas of my life. I have to accept it for what it is, even the unknown and just pray and ask for what I need and ask what I don't need be taken from me.

I know I need to do my part. I can't just sit around and not take action. I need to make healthy choices to aid me in my recovery.

I might not always sleep, but I can rest. When I stress, I only add more pain because most pains are due to emotions trying to make themselves heard. I can start my day again.

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Just for today, I will have patience and tolerance. I know I wrote this out before, I don't know if I posted it and attached it to someplace it didn't belong or if I lost it out into cyber space.

I was rushing today to make my appointment because I set my alarm for late and didn't allow myself much time to get ready and walk to the Hollistic Center three blocks away. Then when I got there and had to wait, even though I know they always run behind schedule, my patience wasn't worthy of the situation. Here I am going to a spiritual leader for help and healing and I am being impatient and interlant. Not good, no matter what way you look at it. Not condusive to healing, except for my defects of character instead of my body which is all bent out of shape, and by my reaction, my mind too.

It will take a couple of days for my body to shift and change, so I will have to be patience and not tolerate any excuses which come to mind to do what I want to do, not what I should do to get the full benefit of the session.

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Just for today, I will practice minding my own business. It is none of my business what other people think of me and visa versa. I think it is called not taking things personal.

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Just for today, I will practice acceptance. I will accept where other people come from and who they are. I was met by some attitude today, and then I smiled and thought, remember it takes one to know one, the difference is that I try not to go there in today.

I do not like condescention and holier-than-thou attitudes, and I have to remember the times I was on a pedistal and the number of times I fell off. I wasn't deserving to my mind to be there, so maybe it was my insecurities that made me act out and fall off. Today I know I am worthy of recovery and being myself is okay. Not sure that makes a lot of sense, just trying to put some of what I am feeling into words. I really felt hurt and I just had to accept the other person for where they are at. They are not in recovery and don't have a program.

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Just for today, I will have patience with myself. My body over did things yesterday, I will try and nurture myself and give my body a rest.

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Just for today, I will be accepting of where I am at instead of trying to fight things and make them happen. I do have blood work to go for today and I would like to get up to see my sister. She had a lot of visitors yesterday, so I will try to fill up the lack there of in today. My head still hurts and my body has been protesting, so I will see where things are at and not overdo things. I will accept my limitations and do what I need to do, not things I feel like I want to or should do.

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Just for today, I will do what I need to do for my health and well being. Lately, that has been chasing the pigeons off my balcony. I just have to hear them and I lose my serenity. I have a net, but they sit and bill and coo on the otherside of the rail, and I have had them coo and poo on me too many times. I don't want them any where around me.

Even when my feet where so swollen I could hardly walk, I was up chasing away the pigeons.

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Just for today, I will respect myself and others. It has to begin with me. Respect is something that is earned, it is not always freely given. For many years, I thought that I respected my elders and people in authority, since coming into recovery, I can see where they are coming from. I always try to see if someone is walking their talk. Words mean nothing if they are not followed by action.

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Just for today, I will remind myself that SIN, means soul in need. When I find myself getting needy, I need to make sure that I feed my body, mind, and spirit. I need to work the Steps on all levels in order to recover. When I get needy, I get greedy and I have to be watchful of what I do to feed my feelings or let them go.

Just because I make a mistake, doesn't mean I am one. It isn't something that I need to carry with me, I need to turn it over to my Higher Power and let go and let MY God do for me what I can't do for myself.

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Just for today, I will allow myself to be happy. I will not allow my pain to rule my life. I will make a choice, happy over sadness. I am responsible for my own happiness. As they say, "It comes from within," and I don't have to look to people, places, and things to make me happy. I am complete and whole within myself.

I am happy that you share your journey with me. Without you, there is no me. I need you to remind me that it is a program of reflection. When I go to a meeting or to a site, I find myself reflected in the people who share their journey with me.

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Just for today, I will read daily readings and meditations and start my day right with my God. Had the book Daily Reflections and gave it to a sponsee. When I remember it is Tuesday and when I wake up in time to go, I go to an "As Bill Sees It" meeting. They read from that an the Big Book. I donated my copy of ABSI and a Big Book to the group a few months ago. I have bought at least five Just for Today daily readings and gave them all away too. I had the 24 Hour Dail Readings too and passed it on too. I found that a lot of long-timers like that book. One guy with over 40 years had two elastics around his to keep the pages together.

For some reason I never got into reading Daily Reflections daily, even though it is in the group of reading that the site is linked to. I am not saying it is not good, I have "In God's Care by Karen Casey and The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie," and they are what work for me.

They are all good, I just don't seem to have the time or the inclination to read them all. Perhaps this is something I should look at. I know that I always felt better when I posted Food for Thought and Just for Today readings on a daily basis. I just had to stop spreading myself so thin. I couldn't be everywhere and be all things to all people. I had to do what was right for me.

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Just for today, I will give thanks. We finally got our rain and a thunderstorm. I am still hurting today, so hopefully more rain is on the way. I just want to get to my doctor's appointment and back before it does! :)

I need to remember to give thanks for the everyday things in my life, things that can be taken for granted. They are all my God's Blessings and I am glad to be able to share them with you.

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Just for today, I will be responsible. When I feel good and get the opportunity to go, I am gone and generally over do things. I generally pay for a couple of days afterward. I have to choose what I can or cannot do, knowing how my body will react afterward. Like going up to see my sister on the bus, I always hurt afterward, but I felt it was worth it. I haven't heard from her since she went home. They have a day care and you don't want to phone when babies and little ones are sleeping. She probably rests at the same time. I was hoping she would pick up the phone and call me when she had a few moments to herself.

My service sponsor use to say, "I never call my sponsees if they don't call me." Before she passed away, I was sponsoring her and I called her if I didn't hear from her, even if it was just to leave a message so she knew I cared.

I am not only responsible for helping others, I am responsible for my own life and welfare. I need to make healthy and responsible decisions. Each day, I have to do what I call the Step 1, 2, 3 Waltz. I can't, my God can, just for today, I choose to let Him.

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Just for today, I will listen to my body. It does have a message for me. The problemm is I often misinterput it. Not sure that is how it is spelled, typed it just as it sounded in my head. That doesn't make it right by any means, but it is the best I got in the moment.

My thoughts are from my heart but I think my spelling is from my head. Just for today, I will learn to listen and listen to learn.