Always think of what you have to do as easy and it will become so. --Emile Corie
How we think about the activities before us is very important. If we think cleaning the garage is hard, dirty, and no chance for fun, that's just how it will feel. We'll be tired before we even begin. However, if we approach it like a treasure hunt, expecting to rediscover some long-forgotten treasures, we'll enjoy the task. In fact, it will feel like a game.
The thoughts we carry in our minds determine whether our tasks are fun or not. What good fortune it is that we can control those thoughts. If we approach an assignment for school or a job believing that we're able to do it, that it's not too hard for us, we'll finish with ease. Our thoughts determine our successes. In this way, our lives are in our own hands.
I had often heard things like, "You make me soooo angry",,, or "look what you made me do" , or 'you ruined my whole day'. but in recovery I heard the 3 C's plus one - Choice. We have choices about our thoughts, especially after we start recovery,, and that is what this program is all about. From our thoughts come our emotions,,, if someone has done something different than I expected or hoped for, I can choose to think "I'm sooo disappointed! I don't know what to do now cuz I was counting on him/her to do that", or "I'm sooo angry! S/he knew I wanted that. What an idiot", or I can think "Well, it's probably all for the best", or "I know s/he did the best s/he could", or "It's not what I wanted but I can deal with this", or something like "I need to let this person know my boundaries and limits".
The slogans help me to change my stinking thinking that got me drinking to more positive and constructive thinking,,, and, as a result, more constructive and fruitful actions and emotions following.
amanda
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do your best and God does the rest, a step at a time
WELL GOOD THING MY MEMORY IS BAD. i WOKE UP WITH THE ITTY BITTY SHITTY COMMITTEE RUNNING AROUND IN MY HEAD. i HAD SOME THINGS I WAS GOING TO POST FOR TOPIC.
3HRS LATER i DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE ? i DIDN'T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT THOUGH EITHER. HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT ?
