Post by caressa on Sept 20, 2011 10:52:22 GMT -5
Today do something for someone you love: Leave them alone.
"Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book"
It is hard to show love when you can't find it within yourself. Getting out of self and off the pity pot, and focusing on others helps us to find ourselves through others.
Yet as the quote says, we don't take hostages, we don't caretake, we don't smother, and we learn to detach.
We need to focus on our recovery. Let go of old tapes, leave the past in the past and focus on today. When we look into the future, we often look at it from the point of view of the past. We forget that we have a program and if we work our program, what happened in the past, mistakes and decisions, etc. do not have to happen the same as they did before.
When we get better, the people around us can see the change. Hopefully, they will want what we have. The best love I can give my family is to stay clean and sober myself. I don't have to prove anything and I don't have to go to them for approval.
"Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book"
It is hard to show love when you can't find it within yourself. Getting out of self and off the pity pot, and focusing on others helps us to find ourselves through others.
Yet as the quote says, we don't take hostages, we don't caretake, we don't smother, and we learn to detach.
We need to focus on our recovery. Let go of old tapes, leave the past in the past and focus on today. When we look into the future, we often look at it from the point of view of the past. We forget that we have a program and if we work our program, what happened in the past, mistakes and decisions, etc. do not have to happen the same as they did before.
When we get better, the people around us can see the change. Hopefully, they will want what we have. The best love I can give my family is to stay clean and sober myself. I don't have to prove anything and I don't have to go to them for approval.
Attachments:
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.