~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME

07/23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Today I'll try to settle for less than I wish were possible, and be willing to not only accept it but to appreciate it.  Today, I'll not expect too much of anyone -- especially myself.  I'll try to remember that contentment comes from gratefully accepting the good that comes to us, and not from being furious at life because it's not "better."  DO I REALIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESIGNATION AND REALISTIC ACCEPTANCE?

TODAY I PRAY
May I not set my sights unrealistically high, expect too much.  May I look backwards long enough to see that my self-set, impossible goals were the trappings of my addiction; too often I ended up halfway there, confronted by my own failure.  Those "foiled-again,"  "I've-failed-again" feelings became monumental excuses to give in to my compulsion, which blanketed my miseries.  May I avoid that sick old pattern.  May I be realistic.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Good is good enough.