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Post by caressa on Aug 30, 2007 22:23:53 GMT -5
It just came to me how much I am looking forward to moving to a new apartment on the weekend.
I also came to realize that I am looking forward to the new apartment as a beginning of changes in my life. The apartment can't make the changes, only I can do that. Just moving in doesn't do it, me setting new boundaries for me and others will.
Wherever I go, I take me with me.
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Post by Lin on Sept 3, 2007 4:28:13 GMT -5
I am a practical person so I try to be realistic in my everyday actions and thoughts. Unrealistic was when I kept doing the same things over and over and expecting to get different results.
LIN
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Post by ~graced~ on Sept 6, 2007 9:07:05 GMT -5
Oh boy.
I'm pretty good at keeping my expectations of others where they need to be.
It's my expectations of ME that I have a bit of a struggle with....but hard on ourselves, easy on others is the rule.
Strive for perfection and accept less, eh?
Practice, practice, practice! LOL
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Post by Lin on Sept 7, 2007 18:11:49 GMT -5
Strive for perfection and accept less. Thanks "graced". I needed to hear that today! I saw you had posted and I jumped for joy! Great seeing you again!
LIN
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Post by caressa on Sept 8, 2007 4:46:03 GMT -5
In my Big Book, soft cover third edition, I highlited page 452 on acceptance and expectations. Everyone always quoted page 449, yet for me it was more about letting go of expectations so I could find acceptance. They changed the fourth edition and I don't know what page it is on now. I was given a copy but gave it away to a sponsee. I was given my book at six months sober when I left the YWCA and got my first apartment.
Good to see you posting graced.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.