Some words of wisdom that always help me...
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:33 am
I hope this post doesn't offend anyone. But, although I don't participate very often, I enjoy this forum a lot, so I thought I'd post something that's helped me out over the years. I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to quote stuff here, but I am giving due credit, so here's hoping. I hope at least someone is able to get some inspiration or encouragement from this simple passage, because I think this place has a lot to offer and that it's filled with a lot of good people.
From page 417, Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book", Acceptance Was The Answer....
"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation - some fact of my life - unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes."
From page 417, Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book", Acceptance Was The Answer....
"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation - some fact of my life - unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes."
