For Today: January 31st

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows.  It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

Jean Anoulh

It takes no effort, no risk, no investment of myself to stand back and not participate.  There is no chance of being disappointed.  Oh yes, I can look on, criticize a little, give advice.  Not today!  Today I choose to shout YES to life, to take whatever comes my way---indeed, to go out of my way.  By forgetting myself, I can feel and not be afraid, experience and not regret, make decisions and not worry.  I throw old cautions to the wind—some may even call me foolhardy----but I know I am not alone; I have a Higher Power to keep me balanced.

For Today:  I put aside old habits of negativity so I can experience a new closeness to others, to the present, to myself.  I exchange my “Yes, but” for “Why not?”

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I have the choice to say Yes to life, or sit back and fade into obscurity, holding onto my fear and eating myself into oblivion.

It's much easier to sit on the sidelines and criticize than it is to jump into life and take a risk.  It seems easier to dwell in negativity, too, than it does to focus on the positive.  If I point my finger at YOU, I don't have to look at ME.

When I put my ego aside and forget my 'self', I can live life with the exuberance and joy of a child.  Throwing myself fully into this program enables me to do that, and for that I am grateful.

For today, I will face my stuff instead of stuff my face.