Nov. 10, 2017 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Friday, Nov. 10, 2017
Today's thought from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Nothing is more difficult than competing with a myth.
 -- Francoise Giroud


Sometimes we think we need to try and be something we're not. Maybe we feel pressure from friends to behave or dress like someone else.

All we need to do is remember when we were younger and dressed in our parents' clothes and shoes. We pretended to be grownups, and it was fun for a while. Then the huge shoes on our feet grew clumsy and uncomfortable and the mountain of rolled-up sleeves kept falling down and getting in the way. Soon we grew tired of the game and stopped pretending.

Today when we start feeling the pressure to be someone else, let's remember how hard it is to play a role that doesn't fit us.
You are reading from the book:
Today's Gift © 1985, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation

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