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Post by majestyjo on Jun 14, 2016 18:09:57 GMT -5
Just for today, I will welcome and embrace change. As the slogan says, "This too shall pass." For me, that means the good times and the not so good times. Just as music and fashion changes, we too change over the years. We develop new outlooks and have new awareness and growth within ourselves. ![](http://syalalagiio.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/welcome_animation-ok.gif)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 14, 2016 20:49:41 GMT -5
There is an outdoor free concert going on next week. I can't go because I have chemo that day and will be flat on my back exhausted. I told my sister about it. She is real excited and is making plans to go and will give me a full report. This is such a change! To get vicarious thrills from someone else!!! I will have to enjoy the music and the concert thru her experience. 2nd hand is better then nothing!!! She doesn't have a computer and doesn't get to find out about the free concerts so she is real happy about it. I feel good that at least one of us will get to rock......
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 15, 2016 18:50:11 GMT -5
Too bad she can't tape it for you. Instead of looking at and focusing ib what you are missing out on, look for some rock you can listen to at home. I am grateful for the music stations that I get on TV. As I said to my friend and my niece a couple of days ago, "I don't drink, drug, or smoke any more, so my TV is my only source of entertainment. I don't mind paying a little extra to get a variety of shows and music.
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 15, 2016 18:58:37 GMT -5
Just for today, I will accept my day and not beat myself up with should have and could haves. I will allow myself a day off. I only get out of a day what I put into it. I didn't put much into my day, so don't have any expectations for the remaining 24 hours. ![](http://angelwinks.ca/images/versepod/versepod1006.jpg)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 15, 2016 19:56:10 GMT -5
It was so incredibly hot and humid today that I just went out once to the mail box. The heat hit me like a brick wall so I stayed in all day in the air conditioning. I didn't want to chance fainting from the heat. My energy level is still real low and I had to make the choice to "cool it" literally. It was 95 degrees and very humid......
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 17, 2016 21:39:51 GMT -5
It finally got hot today. My son came in after work and said he felt like he was suffering from heat stroke. He is a landscaper and there is no getting away from the sun. I didn't realize I missed posting yesterday. Guess it should have been, just for today, I won't forget to post. I will go on line and share with others. ![](http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/142/2/f/fat_cat_animation____by_spade_fox-d50p9da.gif)
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 17, 2016 21:44:29 GMT -5
Just for today, I will forgive myself for things undone and things unsaid. This is a one day at a time program, and each day is a new beginning. ![](http://media.giphy.com/media/t8teQihYE77fW/giphy.gif)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 18, 2016 0:38:52 GMT -5
Oh Jo!---it is good to hear from you! I do worry when I don't hear from people. I just have to practice Let Go & Let God! I heard a real good version of that "Let Go or be dragged" I don't want to be dragged thru worry and dark imaginings so I have to let go......Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 18, 2016 19:37:06 GMT -5
Just for today, I will not take on 'stuff' that is not mine. I will allow the freedom of recovery give me the peace and serenity I need for today. Just for today, I choose to let go and let God. I ask that my clarity of thought and perception be healed so I will be aware of what I can change and what I can't change. ![](http://www.sadmuffin.net/cherrybam/graphics/comments-have-a-nice-day/have-a-nice-day008.gif)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 18, 2016 21:26:47 GMT -5
Hey Jo---Knowing the difference between what we can & can not change is the whole idea of the Serenity Prayer. I love the 2 teddy bears!!! Just adorable!!! Thanks for posting them!!!----Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 19, 2016 20:39:01 GMT -5
Just for today, I will trust the process. As long as I am connected to my Higher Power, things will turn out as they should be, not always as I would have them be. After talking to my friend for about 90 minutes, I read her the Serenity Prayer for quitting smoking that SG posted on the site. She found a lot of comfort in it. She just got out of the hospital and was in ICU a couple of times this month. When we finished talking, I read her today's reading from Courage to Change and the reading from In God's Care by Karen Casey. They both referenced what we had been talking about. ![](https://33.media.tumblr.com/61f12406b4f0f01e4354e182a0533b36/tumblr_mh1gdoIRjl1rgpyeqo1_500.gif)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 20, 2016 1:34:28 GMT -5
Hey Jo----Sounds like you had a good one-on-one meeting on the phone. My sponsor use to call me on her long drive to work and I would read the pages for the day from the 24 hour Hazeldon book & the Daily Reflections book. These 2 pages are read at the start of most AA meetings in the area. It is good to read & talk about them one-on-one to be prepared from a meeting or just to have like a mini meeting!!!!---Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 20, 2016 17:52:08 GMT -5
My friend is not in the program. She has been to open AA meetings with me. As she told me one time, "I looked at the pills in my hand, thought of you, and took them any way." ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 20, 2016 17:56:17 GMT -5
Just for today, I will appreciate what I have. I may suffer from chronic pain and fatigue, but I am so much more fortunate that a lot of others. Seeing my sister in the hospital, I thought, "How boring this must be." She can't talk because of the tube down her throat feeding her and the oxygen. Her toe is infected, although it has healed a lot. He skin was dry and flaky and her hands, feet, and legs were swollen. My feet may swell, but I am not in the hospital. As they say, "Put some gratitude in your attitude." ![](http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp236/Keefers_/Keefers_Animated%20Insects/Keefers_AnimatedLadybugs248.gif)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 20, 2016 18:17:47 GMT -5
I understand what you are saying!!! I have been so tired & exhausted today but at least I can walk myself to the bathroom and don't have to wear a diaper and beg someone to change it for me. YES it could definitely be worse.....
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 21, 2016 22:44:15 GMT -5
Just for today, I will do what I need to do. My God meets my needs, so the energy is there for the taking. The good orderly direction is there and though I sometimes look at it and ask, "My will or God's." I was grateful that I followed up with my thought of going to see my sister as she didn't have a good day. I was grateful to see that her leg was better and that she was attended to. It kept coming to mind and I couldn't give it rest until I saw for myself that she was okay. When I turn my day over to my God's, I have to think of it as His Will, unless proved otherwise. I know that I can get in my own way and discount something and want to do it myself, so just in case, I say the Serenity Prayer and stop and have a wee talk to my God to see that we are on the same page. ![](http://angelwinks.ca/images/thoughtpod/thoughtpod1013.jpg)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 22, 2016 0:08:15 GMT -5
I understand what you mean about God's Will. I keep waking up. I should/could/would just die in my sleep. It is God's will that I keep waking up. I do Good Orderly Direction which is the next right thing. Eat-Sleep-do computer email. This keeps me on the same page as God.----Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 22, 2016 15:02:00 GMT -5
Just for today, I will not put high expectations on myself or others. I need to remind that everyone isn't always able to meet them, certainly not to level others put on us or visa versa. We can be our how hard taskmaster. I think expectations are dooming ourselves and a catalist for resentment. ![](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122/birdwell64/Elvis/ELVISPRESLEYHAVEAGREATDAY.gif)
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Post by bunnypie on Jun 22, 2016 23:44:15 GMT -5
Oh Jo!!!----Elvis sure is easy on the eyes!!! Thanks again & again for posting that! A real unexpected pleasure!!! YES I think expectations can & do turn into pre-meditated resentments. I try real hard for that to happen but sometimes it still does------Bunnypie
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 23, 2016 17:45:43 GMT -5
Just for today, I will ask for my personal healing, be it my sense of humour, my attitude, my lack of motivation, etc. Through my God, all things are possible. I don't need to continue acting out in my dis-ease. I no longer have to participate in hissy fits and pity parties. I can ask my Higher Power to help me be a better me in today. ![](http://www.dgreetings.com/thursday/fb-post.jpg)
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