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Step Three says we come to a decision. We can put our life in God's Care or we can go on, in our old merry way, which generally ends up in natural disaster. We plunge in with no thought of the consequences. http://angelwinks.net/images/peanuts/peanuts2.jpg |
CHANGE OF ATTITUDE http://angelwinks.net/images/lisavic...avictoria8.jpg -Your attitude decides whether you are happy or not. You can change your attitude. -Happiness is a state of mind. More correctly put, it is the state beyond the mind. -It is our attitude that makes us feel happy or unhappy. -Your thoughts and worries hide away your happiness. -If you smile while you talk, you make people happy. -A calm and detached mind is the gate to true happiness. -Happiness is experienced after a problem has been solved, a fear has disappeared or after realizing a desire. At this moment the mind is released from it fears, worries and desires and becomes quiet, letting the happiness emerge. -Look at the happy side of life, and you will develop the happiness habit. -Learn to laugh. This will make you feel better. -Focusing your mind on everything that you, do increases your control over your mind, which makes it easier for the inner joy to manifest. -Your inner nature is bliss and joy. Clean your mind and you will find this treaSure within you. -When you wake up from deep sleep you feel happy. This is because the mind was quiet. If you are able to make your mind quiet in your waking hours you will experience happiness. received with thanks from Inspiration Plus |
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"If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits?" -- Erma Bombeck When I saw this, I thought it read, "What am I doing with the pits?" Both are worth thought and require action on my part. The 12 Steps are applicable to both. Am I practicing the principles in all my affairs? Do I work the Steps into my daily life? Do I just think program in meetings and leave my program at the door when I go home, to work, or out into the community? Do I think, oh woe is me? I am an alcoholic. I am so hard done by, forgetting that I should be grateful that I have found this new way of living. If I wasn't an alcoholic, I wouldn't have known that there was a chance at recovery. Do I sometimes need to eat my words? Do I give others a second thought? Am I so caught up in self that I don't have time for others? |
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eally like this, if I don't think or I am not aware of my past, I just might continue to act out in my disease. Like the Five As, I need to be aware I have a problem, I have to admit to it, I have to accept it so I can take action to change my attitude, and/or change my attitude so I can take action. Another thing I found was that I can't base my future on my past, that person isn't any more. In today, I take my God with me. We never know what is going to happen each day, we never know what is coming our way, and what we need to handle. Life on life's terms, means stay clean and sober, using the Steps and going to our Higher Power for Good Orderly Direction. This past week to ten days, has been a prime example of this. So grateful my God is Comforter, Creator, Master, Teacher, Counsellor, and all things that I need in today. http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-dogs/0214.gif |
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Send loving-kindness to yourself. Really love yourself. Want yourself to be happy and joyful. Recall a happy time and hold that feeling in your heart. http://www.angelwinks.net/images/fairy3.jpg Repeat these phrases in your mind: I love myself. May I be free from anger. May I be free from sadness. May I be free from pain. May I be free from difficulties. May I be free from all suffering. May I be free from attachment, Free from anger and ill-will. May I be healthy. May my body be healthy and strong. May I be filled with loving-kindness. May I be happy. May I be really happy. May I be at peace. I spread this loving-kindness out. Unknown to me |
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