Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Hatred is the result of not accepting the world and its people—myself included----as they are. It makes little difference whether I fall into a blind rage or repress my anger; either course plunges me into a kind of madness, an unreasoning state in which everything I value is snuffed out.
The twelve-step program is a great help in dealing with anger. It feels good to get angry without hating anyone. I can separate a person’s behavior from the person. The process starts with getting to feel better and better about myself.
For Today: I do not have to give another person’s actions the power to knock me off balance.
Hatred is like acid burning a hole in my soul. It leads me down the road to ruination, with my food plan and my life in general.
Today, I can feel my anger without feeling hatred towards another person. We all make mistakes, and we are not to be judged on those mistakes.........but accepted for who and what we are. When I accept others is when I can accept myself, and when I can view the world in a softer light.
Today, I realize that my anger will not kill me..........I can feel it and then get rid of it, without eating over it, drinking over it, or flying into a white hot rage and saying things I'll live to regret.
OA is teaching me balance in ALL things; in all phases of life; in all of my behaviors in general. It's my behavior that MUST change if I am to hold onto abstinence for the long term.
For today, I pray to stay emotionally balanced and to know that, if I don't, I have a program to rely on that grounds me and keeps me focused on living RIGHT, one day at a time.
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