Just dropping in to say "HI" and have a good night eh?
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Growing up, many of us heard this phrase from our parents, grandparents and teachers: "Never give up!" While many people believe in this theory, they often fail to demonstrate it in their lives.
In this "instant" age we live in today, people are no longer interested in process. We want to get to the bottom line quick! We’re into fast foods, online prescription refills, speed dial and DSL. Even the cell phones we use are designed to accommodate quick responses to everything. We used to stop by the pay phone to place a call, now we use cell phones to take pictures, download music, read e-mail and the like…you get the point.
It is often in the very process of achieving the goals we desire in life that we quit prematurely. However, the danger in giving up too soon is that we never arrive at the place God has predestined us to be. For example, we want a marriage that will last forever, but we can’t survive the storms. We want to lose fifty pounds, but we don’t want to exercise. We want a degree, but we don’t want to go back to school. Somewhere it has to end!
Many people who are constantly challenged by failure seldom realize that it is their own fault. They sabotage their circumstances because of their attitude toward life. Often they are bitter about something that happened that they never got over.
Too many people buy into the myth that life is over when they’ve been dealt a bad hand. But the truth is someone else could take the very hand you’ve been dealt, and win with it! You’d be amazed by the number of people who have the potential to do great things, but their hearts are contaminated with bitterness. Unfortunately, they allow the past to bleed into their present and pollute their future.
It’s much easier to see the bitterness in the people around you, but it could very well have happened to you without you knowing it. Some people cover up the bitterness they hold by saying things like, "I’m not bitter, I’m careful." "I’m not angry, I’m ready." But until you call it what it is, you can never be free from it.
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Thanks Phil. God I hate to hear this stuff. I realize I have to come to these harsh realizations sometimes in order to grow. God has given me so many things in life which I've misused and thrown away. My life story is really sad except the fact that things are changing and I've been given another chance at life. It's a good reminder to live for today, stay focused, and remain optimistic because this disease is cunning, baffling, and powerful. This disease is also very patient, lying dormant waiting for the perfect moment to pounce on me in a moment of weakness. I don't really know much but I do know that without AA I would be dead right now or incarcerated. Without AA I would have no guidance and I sure as hell would be drinking and drugging my life away. Of this I am certain. God bless Bill W. and everyone that has found this program.
"You’d be amazed by the number of people who have the potential to do great things, but their hearts are contaminated with bitterness. Unfortunately, they allow the past to bleed into their present and pollute their future."
That's what I've been realizing this last week; how much my past is polluting my future. How much I'm reacting to present people as if they were the past people. I've been really trying to work Step 7 on this the last few days. The PTSD is the past bleeding into my present. I am seeing some of the potenetial that I'm not reaching because of the heart that is soo wounded and scarred.
this post is encouraging. Thank you. I'll try again today. I won't give up ,,, yet.
amanda
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do your best and God does the rest, a step at a time
