Just for Today for 2016

[majestyjo]

Just for today, I will practice patience and tolerance. I have to go out to the library to return books. I also need the exercise. I haven't had much patience with myself since I goofed up on Saturday.

[bunnypie]

Don't feel bad! Everyone is too Lazy to reply to my chip about Lazy!!!!!

[majestyjo]

I haven't been to lazy to post, I have been hurting as a result of the weather and my computer is still acting up.

[majestyjo]

Just for today, I will try not to have the last word and think I know it all. I will try to get out of Self and not sit on my own private little pity party, just because I am hurting. I am not the only one. I know it helps to get out of Self and help someone else, no matter how little I can do, it is enough.

[bunnypie]

Hey Jo---Just a warning! If you sit on the pity pot too long you will get a red ring around your bottom!---Bunnypie

[majestyjo]

You mean a ring-a-round a rosie? I know, my bad! I do like sitting on the throne and playing Queen of my House, most comfortable seat in the house. It is a raised toilet seat, and I don`t have to free fall when my knees don`t want to bend. I know, too much information.

[bunnypie]

LOL YES! that was a lot of information!!! In retaliation my landlord got a toilet set that will automatically go back down so if he forgets it is back in position so my butt doesn't hit the water when I go in the middle of the night and get a rude awakening!!! LOL now that had to be way too much information!!! LOL---Bunnypie

[majestyjo]

Just for today, I will give thanks for the Good Orderly Direction I received in today. I said the Serenity Prayer before I left and to endorse that my God was with me, He put people in my path today. As we got off Darts Transportation, a long time friend was waiting to get picked up. My body is sending me a message that it is almost time to close up shop.

[bunnypie]

Hey Jo----Listen to your body! Your head knows how to lie but your body doesn't!----Bunnypie

[majestyjo]

My body talks to me all the time. Some days, if I want to do something or get something done, I have to tune it out. It is surprising what you hear when you listen. Sometimes my head has a problem figuring out and needs a translator. As my co-sponsor (a Native American woman) use to say to me, "Are you still trying to intellectualizing, Stop It!

[majestyjo]

Just for today, I will give my God praise and acknowledge all He does for me in today. It is more than a thank you, it is often asking for forgiveness and trying to do better with what He gives me.

Not only a friendship with others, but with myself and with my God.

[bunnypie]

Hey Jo---I really like that picture you had that says "hand hugs are great too" when we finish our meetings we go into a circle and hold hands and say the Lord's Prayer. The other day my hands were real cold and I got to hold hands with people on each side that had real warm hands. It was great! Better then a pair of gloves!----Bunnypie

[majestyjo]

[bunnypie]

Wow! Jo!---you really come up with some great stuff! Thanks so much for sharing! YOU ARE GOD'S VALENTINE TO THE WORLD!!! (OR MOST OF IT) Thanks Again & Again----Bunnypie

[majestyjo]

Just for today, I will accept what is. The 5 As of change. Awareness, Admittance, Acceptance, Attitude and Action. Without that acceptance, I can't tak action. Without acceptance, even though I am aware and admit to a problem, I end up with a major attitude that needs adjustment.

[bunnypie]

Good one! thanks for sharing......

[majestyjo]

Just for today, I will share because I care. I will give and share, not because I have to, although they say I need to do so in order to maintain my sobriety, but because if I come from a loving place, I can see the good in all and I learn to identify, not compare.

[majestyjo]

Just for today, I will acknowledge the gift of others. We all have different gifts and blessings, we don't all have the same capabilities. We each have a God given talent to use for His Honour and Glory. What a boring place this would be if we didn't have a variety of gifts to bring to Him to thank Him for His Grace and the Blessing He bestows on us each day. Not sure that is saying what I want to portray, but hope you get the meaning. Each of us carries our own special message and contribute to life in our own special way and we shouldn't feel less than because we don't feel we measure up. There is no yard stick to measure, God isn't counting, only we do in our narrow outlook and judgmental way.

[bunnypie]

Hey Jo----There is a saying "God helps those that help them selves" I can share with people but they have to want to receive it. I am wasting my time by trying to help someone who doesn't want the help. It does me not good to be a crutch to someone. There are so many people who need help but if they don't want help then I have to give up and move on to someone who does!-----Bunnypie

[majestyjo]

So true, but we can help, we can pray for them. I found that it was good to keep touch once in a while and they will call you when they need you. All I can do is be a support. I can carry the message, but it is up to them as to what they do with it. I am powerless over people, places, and things.

I also found that worked for me, might not work for someone else. I have to keep an open mind and allow them to find their own path. As you say, "I carry the message, not the messenger." All I can do is share my experience, strength, and hope. I have had several sponsors who have been surprised at how much work I have done on my recovery. For me to use is to die, I had no option. I chose life.