Post by lildee on Feb 16, 2005 1:33:13 GMT -5
Hope for Today
"When you have to go into your head," says an Al-Anon friend, 'don't go alone. It's not a safe neighborhood." My experience certainly corroborates the truth of this statement. Now when I have to go inside my mind for some serious thinking and I can't travel with a program person, I take my Higher Power. When I have trouble contacting that Power, I follow a simple, three-point plan my sponsor taught me.
.First, I remind myself that I've been in this neighborhood before.
.Second, I make a gratitude list, usually beginning with food, clothing, and shelter.
.Third, I meditate and pray that my Higher Power will give me a sign that I'm going in the right direction. Much as I might like to see a lightning bolt hurled from the sky, I make myself receptive to less dramatic moments of insight.
With the glint of light this process provides, the neighborhood may not look like an amusement park, yet it still feels passable. It is, after all, my neighborhood.
Thought for the Day
When I think myself into a troubled state, I will remember this: Don't look around, look up.
"It can help to replace obsessive thoughts with something positive. such as an Al-Anon slogan, the Serenity Prayer; or another comforting topic that has nothing to do with my problem."
Courage to Change, p. 306
"When you have to go into your head," says an Al-Anon friend, 'don't go alone. It's not a safe neighborhood." My experience certainly corroborates the truth of this statement. Now when I have to go inside my mind for some serious thinking and I can't travel with a program person, I take my Higher Power. When I have trouble contacting that Power, I follow a simple, three-point plan my sponsor taught me.
.First, I remind myself that I've been in this neighborhood before.
.Second, I make a gratitude list, usually beginning with food, clothing, and shelter.
.Third, I meditate and pray that my Higher Power will give me a sign that I'm going in the right direction. Much as I might like to see a lightning bolt hurled from the sky, I make myself receptive to less dramatic moments of insight.
With the glint of light this process provides, the neighborhood may not look like an amusement park, yet it still feels passable. It is, after all, my neighborhood.
Thought for the Day
When I think myself into a troubled state, I will remember this: Don't look around, look up.
"It can help to replace obsessive thoughts with something positive. such as an Al-Anon slogan, the Serenity Prayer; or another comforting topic that has nothing to do with my problem."
Courage to Change, p. 306
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.