Today, I choose gratitude.
•I have everything I need.
•Opportunity to speak at the 9:30 on Friday.
•I don’t have Covid.
•I really don’t have problems.
•I don’t need to change the world, only my perspective.
•Barkley time in the morning.
•Ability to get a good night's sleep.
•The 11th Step.
•Being physically healthy.
•Feeling fulfilled.
God, thank you for my life.
-Mike
That is an excellent list Mike. And might I add, you are exceptionally blessed. Both for all that you have as well as foe the wherewithal to recognize this. I often think k that in our addiction we either fail to acknowledge all that we have, or don't apply ourselves in a manner to effectively obtain and maintain these things. Case in point, when I was at the pinnacle of my addiction, not much aside from my perspective was much different from today. Yet I chose now to state that I have more in life than I have ever had and been able to appreciate. The truth, however, is that far less has truly changed, in a physical sense, that one might be led to believe. The real changes have taken place internally.
I love the positive mindset.
Beautifully said. On page 27 of the Big Book of AA it defines a spiritual experience as thoughts, ideas, and attitudes being cast to one side and replaced by a completely new set. I’ve found that to be true in my life.
Likewise.
