You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today: for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow. -- Harriet Martineau
Worry and Stress
The word "sanity" is derived from the Latin word sanitas which means "health." In our group, we think of health as wholeness of mind, body, and spirit.
One way to achieve health and wholeness is by living one day at a time. To do this successfully, we need to realize we cannot undo a single act we performed or un-say any harsh words spoken in the past. No matter how much we may regret or re-feel yesterday's painful experiences, there is nothing we can do to change what happened. The past is forever beyond our control.
The same thing is true of the future. No matter how much we may worry and fret over it, very few of us can predict what tomorrow will bring. We can only prepare for a hope-filled future by living fully and confidently today.
TODAY is all I have. Let me make the most of it.
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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
Thirty five years ago, I lived my life one day at a time. Then, I started letting the world's cares and worries take a little more of each day away from me, until all I was doing was regretting the past and worrying about the future, and trying to drink them both away. Now, thanks to AA, I am slowly learning to take my life back...one day at a time.
