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bluidkiti · 02-04-2025, 05:38 AM

February 4

The Now

Yesterday is gone; forget it. Tomorrow never comes; don't worry. Today is here; get busy.

~Anonymous

When we live in the now, for this day only, "One day at a time," we assure ourselves a comfortable reality. We cannot afford to regret the past. Solutions that worked for yesterday's problems might be obsolete today.

Thinking into the future is projection, an act of purely wishful thinking that is a waste of precious time for growth. The time we spend "projecting" is time wasted. The future is never what we project it to be. Instead of spending time thinking about the future in the present, we can be spending time making the present better.

The only thing that emerges from thinking about the negative parts of our past is guilt and shame. The only thing that emerges from thinking about our future is fear of the unknown. We can eliminate guilt, shame, and fear from our present lives by dealing only with the present.

Today I will spend each moment in the here and now, making the present better.

Today's reading is from the book Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations*

02-04-2025, 05:38 AM	#4
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,393	February 4 The Now Yesterday is gone; forget it. Tomorrow never comes; don't worry. Today is here; get busy. ~Anonymous When we live in the now, for this day only, "One day at a time," we assure ourselves a comfortable reality. We cannot afford to regret the past. Solutions that worked for yesterday's problems might be obsolete today. Thinking into the future is projection, an act of purely wishful thinking that is a waste of precious time for growth. The time we spend "projecting" is time wasted. The future is never what we project it to be. Instead of spending time thinking about the future in the present, we can be spending time making the present better. The only thing that emerges from thinking about the negative parts of our past is guilt and shame. The only thing that emerges from thinking about our future is fear of the unknown. We can eliminate guilt, shame, and fear from our present lives by dealing only with the present. Today I will spend each moment in the here and now, making the present better. Today's reading is from the book Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.