Wednesday Chip--Content/Envious

[SunnyGirl]

Wednesday Chip--Content/Envious

As I write this, I am feeling very content and peaceful.
"All is calm, all is bright" -- I am happy with where
I am in my life, with the progress I continue to make
in my recovery. I guess recovery, like life itself, is truly
a process that unfolds "One Day At a Time". There
are times that I have envied others in recovery, wishing
I could grow and learn quicker. But just for today, I
am content with where I am........

Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl

[Lin]

I am also content inmy life and in my journey. The last couple of years I changed my job description and added on another job that I love. We also got several big checks in the mail that caught us p and then some. The last 2 year I ahve really been able to reach out and help others. Getting out of myself helps me be more content.

I dont need any more "STUFF". I want for things today like warmth when it's cold out, or a good health report from the doctor. Those things are important today.

I wish my spouse would not drink every time I go to work or when he leaves to do somethign with a friend, but I remind myself...he is not ready to quit and he may never be. That takes that responsibility of trying to meke him see the error of his ways off of my shoulders.

Let Go and Let God.

Peace.
LIN

[caressa]

For the most part, I am content although I could use a little more money to do what I would like to do, but then I don't think that happens very often. When I have some, I always want more. I have to laugh when I remember about wanting to win that million dollars, then I would visually spend it and then come to realize that I needed 10 million to do what I planned to do.

I wasn't too content today when I woke up. I jumped out of bed when I saw the time was 12:50 p.m. I was suppose to meet my sponsor at 11:30 a.m. and do the meeting, have lunch and go shopping. My son was on call for snow removal and he came by just before I left to go to play bridge to wait for the call and watch my TV. He didn't get a call until 2:44 a.m. I went to bed with my Kenny G Holiday Album playing and slept like a log. I went out and bought ear plugs and I am getting a more restful sleep. I normally don't sleep more than 6, 7 at the very most. As they say, my body must have needed it. I rushed to get dressed, got a thought just before I put my coat on to call my sponsor to see if she stayed home because of the weather and she answered the phone. She said, "Today is only Tuesday isn't it?" It is nice to know I am not the only one.

[MrDuck]

No problem with this one. I am content and very grateful for the way that things are. Envious, naw. Not hardly a day goes by when I see what some have or how their life style is that I am sure grateful for the way my is. Do I live in a mansion, naw. I have a new Corvette in the driveway, naw. But for a guy that started out with nothing or should of been dead years ago, I have nothing to complain about. I live in a pretty nice neighborhood in a pretty nice house. Like my old neighbor told me one time, "Ron if you really wanted a Corvette you would have one." And he is right. One of the things I am most thankful for is my health. Not a kid any more and have a few health issues but nothing worth mentioning compared to others. For an ex drunk I have life dern good. Money doesn't make one happy. It is how you feel inside. Time is sometimes short for me. So I told a guy I would not move his snow for him this year. He paid me good. Gives me $80 for a little over an hours work. My kid is going to do it and if the snow is to much will take the tractor over an help him out. But I still have my snow moving job at AA and it takes about the same about of time. Would you care to guess how much that pays? Money itself is neither good nor bad. It is how it is used that determins if it is good or bad. People that put money first on a list are last on my list. The ones that put good deeds and kind acts first are first on my list.

Merry Christmas,

Ron