July 29, 2024 - Readnig sin Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 

Monday, July 29, 2024

Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Easy Does It

It isn't the load that weighs us down, it's the way we carry it.

-- Anonymous

There is a saying in the entertainment world that it takes most performers at least twenty years to become overnight successes. Many a person who is impatient to set the world on fire could be served best by a discussion on "Easy does it" and "One Step at a time." Like Rome, character wasn't built in a day.

When we try to climb ladders several steps at a time, we invite accidents. But the advice "slow but sure" doesn't mean not making the effort. Progress is always more lasting when made with caution. We solve problems as they arise, rather than trying to move around them.

I risk losing serenity if I let impatience force me into trying to do too much in too short a time.

Hazelden Foundation

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