Recovery ABC's of Gratitude

[caressa]

P is for Patience. Have patience with yourself and others. Not everyone has a program, practice yours and hopefully they will want what you have.

[caressa]

Q is for Quiet. Listen for the quiet, and in the stillness, listen for God's calling.

[SunnyGirl]

P is for: Perspective
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your
Perspective. - - Al Neuharth

Q is for: Quit
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible
conditions are people who simply don't know how to Quit.
- - Robert Schuller

[SunnyGirl]

R is for: Reflection

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by
Reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation,
which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is
the most bitter.” - - Confucius

[caressa]

S is for Sobriety. Sobriety means soundness of mind to me. I have to work on my emotional sobriet daily.

[SunnyGirl]

S is for: Struggles

“Sometimes, Struggles are exactly what we need in
our life. If we were to go through our life without any
obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as
strong as what we could have been. Give every
opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.”
- - unknown

[BW]

"T" is for Trust...Trust that God will meet all my needs..Trust that God will guide me every step of the way and will guide me to do the next right thing...Trust that I will never be alone ...

[caressa]

U is for Understanding. I had to go on a spiritual quest to reach a decision as to who and what my God was to me. He was so much bigger than any previous understanding from years ago in church. Greater than the God that I talked about when I taught Sunday School.

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[SunnyGirl]

T is for: Time
“They say that Time changes things, but you actually
have to change them yourself.” —Andy Warhol


U is for: Uncertainty
The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which
depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we
have in our power, and look forward to that which
depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for
an Uncertainty. —Seneca

[caressa]

V is Vain. When I think I did it all by myself, then it is vain glory. If I am full of myself and like the sound of my own voice, then I am full of ego.

[SunnyGirl]

V is for: Victim
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a
Victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
- - Harvey S. Firestone

[caressa]

W is for Who, Why, Where, and What? I needed to be willing to accept the program and know that it would work, if I worked it. I had to quit questioning and intellectualizing, and get honest, surrender and accept the program the way it was set out, not the way I would have it be.

[caressa]

X is for X-Ray. The journey is inward not outward. Go within to find the real you.

[BW]

"Y" is Yes.....Say Yes to God when he asks you to be of service to and for Him...Say Yes when He asks You to walk with Him today.

[SunnyGirl]

W is for: Wait
“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon,
but that we Wait so long to begin it.”
- - W. M. Lewis

X is for: eXamine
“We need quiet time to eXamine our lives openly and
honestly; spending quiet time alone gives your mind an
opportunity to renew itself and create order.”
- - Susan Taylor

Y is for: Yourself
"A friend is a present you give to Yourself."
- - Robert Louis Stevenson

[caressa]

Z is for Zeal. Get excited, enjoy recovery. You have a second chance at life, make the most of it.

[SunnyGirl]

Z is for: Zest
"Spiritual awakening means we have Zest for life
and accept our imperfections".
From the book: Touchstones