โ wishing my way to progress โ
Posted: Thu, Dec 30, 2004 06:45:02 AM
or should i say wasting my time?
a concept that was made very clear to me since the dawn of my time in recovery is that wishing gets nothing. if i desire change and growth then i must do something constructive to facilitate that. it is kind of like winning the lottery, if i do not buy a ticket i cannot possibly win. the difference being that i have a much greater chance to win some growth and relief from self than i do of ever winning millions of dollars in power ball.
i am not in really in control of how fast i grow and change but i am in control of how slow the changes come. if i sit on my big fat ass and do nothing but whine about how much better off my peers in recovery appear to be, all i get is a sore ass and a resentment or three. conversely, if i apply a bit of diligence and take a few suggestions about what i can do today, i actually get the gifts that recovery has to offer.
really so simple. why is that i always seem to resist the simplest of concepts even though my experience shows that resistance is futile?
'cuz i am an addict through and through, and i need some not so gentle reminders that things will not change until i perform the needed action
∞ DT ∞
a concept that was made very clear to me since the dawn of my time in recovery is that wishing gets nothing. if i desire change and growth then i must do something constructive to facilitate that. it is kind of like winning the lottery, if i do not buy a ticket i cannot possibly win. the difference being that i have a much greater chance to win some growth and relief from self than i do of ever winning millions of dollars in power ball.
i am not in really in control of how fast i grow and change but i am in control of how slow the changes come. if i sit on my big fat ass and do nothing but whine about how much better off my peers in recovery appear to be, all i get is a sore ass and a resentment or three. conversely, if i apply a bit of diligence and take a few suggestions about what i can do today, i actually get the gifts that recovery has to offer.
WHAT AN AMAZING CONCEPTmy growth is dependent solely on the work i put in and maintaining a connection to the source of my recovery, GOD.
really so simple. why is that i always seem to resist the simplest of concepts even though my experience shows that resistance is futile?
'cuz i am an addict through and through, and i need some not so gentle reminders that things will not change until i perform the needed action
∞ DT ∞