If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation it would be the ability of each individual to learn to laugh at himself. -- Charles Schultz
In recovery, we learn to laugh at the kind of person we were when our addiction was out of control. We don't laugh at the fact of our addiction; we laugh at who we once were. This is a healthy kind of self-ridicule. Above all, we laugh at the person we never again have to be if we follow the principles of our Program. To blot out the "me" of yesterday, we have only to follow some very simple guidelines.
At times, obeying the principles, which have been set down for us, may not be easy. But with our realization that we have chosen to stop playing God comes the awareness that difficulties need not be disastrous. If everything in life came easily, we would lack sparkle in our lives.
I am thankful my sense of humour has found freedom. Now I am able to laugh at myself, which is the height of self-conquest.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
Laugh at the past me?? Well yeah! But I also laugh quite easily and heartily at the VERY FEW mistakes I make sober (and if you believe the "very few" part, I got a bridge I can sell you cheap!). How wonderfull and joyous life can be when we aren't too serious about the mistakes we have made but are still concious not to repeat them. Thanks Carol!...Tim
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"We posess the eyes through which the universe gazes with wonder upon its own majesty."
