โ thanksgiving, expectation and gratitude โ
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2005 12:13:11 PM
well i did not think i was going to blog today, however working on my backup computer inspired me to say a thing or two. i am grateful that i could quickly get back up and running although the beast is so much slower than my busted system. be that as it may, i am grateful that at least i could be up and typing this blog from my home and not on my laptop!
thinking about the reading this morning, i find it more than a little ironic that it comes up on this american holiday, at least this year. i do not know if the intent of the committee of addicts who wrote that piece of literature had that in mind and manipulated this reading so it would come up every couple of years on this holiday or if it is just some perverse divine thing, or some combination of both, it hardly matters.
what the reading said to me is that if i want to be grateful for what i have -- materially, spiritually, emotionally and physically, then i need to let go of my expectations. i do not know about you, but living without expectations is one of the hardest tasks i have ever undertaken right up there with getting clean, admitting without reservations that i am an addict and adjusting my life to fit my recovery schedule. so toady of all days it is good for me to pause and be grateful that not only did i get to get clean, i got to stay clean at least up to right now. and if i want more, then i need to be grateful and appreciate what i have right here, right now!
really not that complicated, but not very easy -- at least for this addict!
∞ DY ∞
thinking about the reading this morning, i find it more than a little ironic that it comes up on this american holiday, at least this year. i do not know if the intent of the committee of addicts who wrote that piece of literature had that in mind and manipulated this reading so it would come up every couple of years on this holiday or if it is just some perverse divine thing, or some combination of both, it hardly matters.
what the reading said to me is that if i want to be grateful for what i have -- materially, spiritually, emotionally and physically, then i need to let go of my expectations. i do not know about you, but living without expectations is one of the hardest tasks i have ever undertaken right up there with getting clean, admitting without reservations that i am an addict and adjusting my life to fit my recovery schedule. so toady of all days it is good for me to pause and be grateful that not only did i get to get clean, i got to stay clean at least up to right now. and if i want more, then i need to be grateful and appreciate what i have right here, right now!
really not that complicated, but not very easy -- at least for this addict!
∞ DY ∞