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bluidkiti · 04-03-2023, 07:43 AM

April 3

The present moment is all we are certain of.

How we lament the past! Why didn't we handle that situation differently? If only we had not given in! We like to think that if we could replay the past, we could do it more successfully, certainly less painfully. But the past is gone. We lived it as honestly and thoughtfully as we knew how at the time.

Anticipating the future seduces us as well. "What will I say if he doesn't come home?" "Should I apologize if she seems mad?" "Will my boss expect me to handle something I am unfamiliar with?" Using the hours we waste worrying about future possibilities, we could finish many of today's projects. And reflection on our lives shows us that most of the things we worried about didn't happen anyway.

Right now, this moment is the only one we can be certain of. Of course, we can also be certain that we have a Higher Power to help us handle whatever emerges in every moment of today.

I will live today moment by moment. I will be prepared for the future when it comes.

Today's reading is from the book A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance*

04-03-2023, 07:43 AM	#3
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,695	April 3 The present moment is all we are certain of. How we lament the past! Why didn't we handle that situation differently? If only we had not given in! We like to think that if we could replay the past, we could do it more successfully, certainly less painfully. But the past is gone. We lived it as honestly and thoughtfully as we knew how at the time. Anticipating the future seduces us as well. "What will I say if he doesn't come home?" "Should I apologize if she seems mad?" "Will my boss expect me to handle something I am unfamiliar with?" Using the hours we waste worrying about future possibilities, we could finish many of today's projects. And reflection on our lives shows us that most of the things we worried about didn't happen anyway. Right now, this moment is the only one we can be certain of. Of course, we can also be certain that we have a Higher Power to help us handle whatever emerges in every moment of today. I will live today moment by moment. I will be prepared for the future when it comes. Today's reading is from the book A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance* __________________ "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.