”I have no Yesterdays, Time took them
away.
Tomorrow may not be but I have Today.”
Pear Yeardon
McGinnis
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I
used to think I had all the time in the world. Tomorrow I could fill up, and
the next week, month, or year with activity and planning. It has taken a
significant amount of recovery to realize that all I really have is Today,
and even harder to come to terms with is knowing all that I really have is
right now.
I
cannot get back Yesterday or anything that has happened in the past. The
moment is gone, lost forever. I can choose to allow it to shape who I am and
where I go from there. Regret, anger, and resentment about what has been only
distract me from being in the present.
The
Future is little better. I can worry, but effort into my fears of what may be,
yet here too I remove myself from right now. My power in just being, in
gaining the awareness of who I truly am, of opening myself to the will of
something greater than myself, grants me the freedom to choose how to live
each moment. I can squander it on negative thoughts and emotions or parts of
my addictive nature, or I can choose life in recovery – to be healthy, clean,
sober and sane. Each moment of serenity restores a part of my true self and
gives me the ability to serve the purpose of my Higher Power.
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Affirmation
My
focus is to be in the moment, the past is beyond my control and the future
may never come to pass. I will do the most I can right now.
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These thoughts are part of my personal journal - reflections of where I am and have been in my recovery, but also where I want to be. My words come from my heart, and moments of clarity when I am best connected with my Higher Power. May God grant you serenity in reviewing my humble beginnings and my continuing path of recovery.
Wednesday 19 September 2012
September 19
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