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MIP Old Timer

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It is clear the future holds opportunities - it also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get back home by 6:00. -- Woody Allen


Sometimes we take ourselves far too seriously. We draw our lives in the absolutes of black and white, with no shadings of gray. We believe our whole lives depend on every decision we make. When a problem comes along, we see it as a crisis rather than another of the ongoing issues that confront all people. If we are displeased with someone, or if a person is upset with us, we amplify the feelings until we rupture the whole relationship.

It would be helpful to look at today's tasks and problems as a game. Yes, we would like to play the game well, but we could have a good time while doing it. If we don't take our problems or ourselves too seriously, maybe we'll have some fun.

Help me learn that daily living needs the light of humor.

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First day back to work in the new year.  Thanks for helping me start it right!

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I don't know if I can do all that and be home by 6:00.   I'll do my best.  Humor?  What is that?


That thought really rings true for me,,  thanks for the good thought to begin the day and the year.


love in recovery,


amanda



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Cool share.

I am SO glad that I did not lose my sense of humor in sobriety (I worried that nothing would ever be funny again. Of course, you k now how hilarious a drunk is...)

I actually find more funny in life, now that I am not so numb all the time.

Giggling in the New Year

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