lf I have to know today is that I'm willing to have my life be different.
"Willingness" is the key to my freedom.
When I'm open minded, when I'm ready to listen to ideas and suggestions, I'm already changing my life for the better.
Time to Break Free by Judith R. Smith
Let go of fear and your need to control.
Relinquish anxiety.
Let it slip away, as you dive into the river of the present moment, the river of your life, your place in the universe.
Stop trying to force the direction.
Try not to swim against the current, unless it is necessary for your survival.
If you've been clinging to a branch at the riverside, let go.
Let yourself move forward. Let yourself be moved forward.
Avoid the rapids when possible.
If you can't, stay relaxed.
Staying relaxed can take you safely through fierce currents.
If you go under for a moment, allow yourself to surface naturally.
You will.
Don't think too hard about things.
The flow is meant to be experienced.
Within it, care for yourself.
You are part of the flow, an important part.
Work with the flow.
Work within the flow.
Thrashing about isn't necessary.
Let the flow help you care for yourself.
Let it help you set boundaries, make decisions, and get you where you need to be when it is time.
You can trust the flow, and your part in it.
Today, I will go with the flow.
The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.
Diane Ackerman
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This I pray, Higher Power: I will surrender to Your will today, which brings me peace and joy that makes all things new.
I no longer have that trampled look of someone forced to remember every mistake he or she has made.
I no longer hide under that blanket of regrets.
My daily surrender to You and the Fellowship that surrounds me leads me away from darkness and into the wonderful light of Your wisdom.
Time is a circle. The end is the beginning.
Day by day, a year comes and goes.
Today's end is the beginning of the rest of our lives.
We take with us what we have learned today.
We are the same and not the same.
As long as we are alive, we will continue to wrestle with questions, seek answers, and solve problems.
Let's be gentle with ourselves and others, choosing to respond with non-judging love and acceptance instead of unrealistic demands of perfection.
We have found a blueprint for recovery.
Our preoccupation with not enough and too much has led us to a spiritual solution.
Each day brings us new opportunities to express our development - a more patient response to a traffic jam, the ability to empathize with a child's embarrassment, the acceptance of a disappointment.
Today is another day to learn how to be serene, to nurture body and spirit so that we may function as an integrated totality. We will continue to learn and grow toward recovery.
I will begin and end today by listening to my inner voice.
