Living Day by Day
"Life by the mile is a trial; by the inch it's a cinch." In the past, we got into trouble when we thought we had to have our lives mapped out forever. That just did not work.
We need only deal with the problems and joys of today. If we try to see too far ahead, we lose touch with the reality of the here and now. The Lord lets us know what we need to know when we need to know it.
What seems impossible when looked at in total --writing a book, putting the children through college, abstaining for the rest of our lives -- becomes manageable when worked at step-by-step, day-by-day.
So many of the things we worry about never happen. How much better it is to concentrate our energies on the real demands and challenges of today, insignificant as they may seem. When we turn our lives over to our Higher Power, we trust Him to manage the master plan and to direct us in the small details of living each day.
Show me, Lord, how to best live each day. I leave the years to You.
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If I take on too much, or, project too far into the future, I tend to feel overwhelmed. Then I feel paralyzed to accomplish anything.
When I take baby steps, working on one project at a time, I feel that any burden is manageable.
My disease of COE certainly has to be tackled on a 24 hour basis. Otherwise, I'm telling myself I can 'never' have another slice of cake again. That feels overwhelming to me..........and impossible..........so it becomes easier to rationalize why I should just ditch my entire food plan, since I can't manage it anyway.
Stinkin thinkin, at it's finest.
When I approach my life on a day-to-day basis, it's easier to reel that stinkin thinkin in, and stay the course. When I surrender my life to God, I know that He is better capable of managing it than I am!
My daughter was worrying over the possibility of her boyfriend going on a trip to NYC and meeting other women at dance clubs. I told her........what's the point in predicting the future? He's not even sure if he's going yet, and you've mapped out the entire scenario! Live for today, is what I told her, and don't borrow trouble.
Thanks to OA, I have better coping skills in place to deal with my entire LIFE, one day at a time.
"Life by the mile is a trial; by the inch it's a cinch." In the past, we got into trouble when we thought we had to have our lives mapped out forever. That just did not work.
We need only deal with the problems and joys of today. If we try to see too far ahead, we lose touch with the reality of the here and now. The Lord lets us know what we need to know when we need to know it.
What seems impossible when looked at in total --writing a book, putting the children through college, abstaining for the rest of our lives -- becomes manageable when worked at step-by-step, day-by-day.
So many of the things we worry about never happen. How much better it is to concentrate our energies on the real demands and challenges of today, insignificant as they may seem. When we turn our lives over to our Higher Power, we trust Him to manage the master plan and to direct us in the small details of living each day.
Show me, Lord, how to best live each day. I leave the years to You.
********************************************************
If I take on too much, or, project too far into the future, I tend to feel overwhelmed. Then I feel paralyzed to accomplish anything.
When I take baby steps, working on one project at a time, I feel that any burden is manageable.
My disease of COE certainly has to be tackled on a 24 hour basis. Otherwise, I'm telling myself I can 'never' have another slice of cake again. That feels overwhelming to me..........and impossible..........so it becomes easier to rationalize why I should just ditch my entire food plan, since I can't manage it anyway.
Stinkin thinkin, at it's finest.
When I approach my life on a day-to-day basis, it's easier to reel that stinkin thinkin in, and stay the course. When I surrender my life to God, I know that He is better capable of managing it than I am!
My daughter was worrying over the possibility of her boyfriend going on a trip to NYC and meeting other women at dance clubs. I told her........what's the point in predicting the future? He's not even sure if he's going yet, and you've mapped out the entire scenario! Live for today, is what I told her, and don't borrow trouble.
Thanks to OA, I have better coping skills in place to deal with my entire LIFE, one day at a time.
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