Friday, Sept. 6, 2024
Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Who forces time is pushed back by time; who yields to time finds time on his side.
-- The Talmud
We are impatient for results. Upon entering a program of recovery, going without a drink or giving up other addictive behaviors for more than a day or a week seems like a huge challenge. When we see friends in recovery with several years of sobriety, we can't imagine achieving that. Future time can seem like a mountain. Our attitude shifts when we see time not as a challenge that we must overcome, but as our friend, working for us. Time is more like a lake that we swim in. It holds us up and carries us along.
One day at a time, we live only in this present moment. We live more fully when we are present to this moment, yielding to what time will do, letting go of frets and worries about the future.
On this day, I will be alive and aware of my experience.
Hazelden Foundation
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