“We must withdraw ourselves, to some extent, from the effects that are beyond our control and be content with the good will and the work that are the quiet expression of our inner life.”
Thomas Merton (No Man is an Island)
I’m grateful the speaker at my AA meeting said he didn’t have a problem with alcohol. He had a Problem with FEAR.
I’m grateful fear seems to be a common denominator with a lot of people I’ve met in the rooms.
I’m grateful after almost 3 years I finally got my ass in a seat. My reason was? Fear. I’m grateful alcohol was not my problem anymore but what the fuck do I do with all this fear I have.
I’m grateful I heard exactly what I needed at that meeting yesterday. What else is new
I’m grateful I read this, this morning, from my Gratitude friends book LIVING THESE DAYS 102 insights in the direction of wholeness.
Most often, we can’t put our finger on fear, it has no real obvious cause. Sometimes we sense a general undercurrent of anxiety that reminds us of potential uncertainty and chaos, a voice telling us that all hell could break loose at any moment. We are at the mercy of background noises that remind us we don’t really know what might happen, and that we are not in control.…………
I’m grateful it was such a great reading for me this morning.
……it continued………
We set ourselves up for anxiety when we try to grasp some sense of predictability in areas that are really not known or uncertain.……………
I’m grateful this hit home for me in my Al-Anon recovery.
………… If we are waiting, or hoping that everything will eventually settle down, or for all the negative situations to be attended to we are not really living in the real world. Living with any degree of contentment, is about having a comfortable recognition of the truth, that things are ceaselessly uncertain.……………….
I’m grateful it finished up with….wait for it……
This is why practices of daily gratitude, surrender and opportunities to widen our perspective, are essential to ongoing work with fear and anxiety, and ultimately toward our own wholeness and well-being.
I’m grateful Richard Burr wrote that book.
I’m grateful he is kinda the reason we are all here today on this wonderful home thread.
I’m grateful we all get to be here when we can.
I’m grateful the healing can begin today.
I’m grateful for love there’s no other way