Recovery Meditations: January 21st

~ POSITIVE THINKING ~

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Zig Ziglar


I came into Twelve Step meetings after descending into a well of negative thinking. It was a vicious cycle, one I wasn't even aware of for the longest time. My negative thinking fostered many resentments, hurts and binges. Once I became aware of this and started to work on changing my destructive thinking, I discovered that letting in just one negative thought opened the door to more negative thinking.

Then one day in a meeting I heard a long timer say that negative thinking attracted negative (thinking and actions) and positive thinking attracted positive (thinking and actions). That made sense with what I was experiencing. As I walked out of that meeting, I determined that I would do everything I could to keep all my thoughts positive in order to attract more positives to my life.

It worked! The more positive I could keep my thoughts, the better I felt about everything, and the more good things happened to me. My general attitude soared. When a bad thing happened (and they do happen) I found good things about it and focused on the good. Many many times I discovered that the "bad" thing had actually been a new good direction in disguise.

Positive attracts positive. Negative attracts negative. I'd rather attract positive.

One Day at a Time . . .
I will remember to turn to the program to help maintain my peace and serenity, especially through the bad times.
~ Rhonda ~ 

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We create our own reality with our thoughts.  If I take a negative outlook on life, negativity will prevail and surround me, causing destructive thinking to keep me practicing addictive behavior.  And it will allow me to feel justified in doing so! Poor poor me. I need to eat and I SHOULD eat/drink/smoke to feel better.

When I keep my thoughts positive, the better I feel about everything & everybody, and the more good things HAPPEN to me. When something 'bad' or unexpected happens, I can take the attitude that it's a blessing given to me to learn from. 

The purpose of life is to learn........and to learn how to give & receive love..........for ourselves and our fellow man.  Growth does not come during times of ease and comfort..........growth comes from adversity and making it THROUGH, whole and intact.

For today, I welcome whatever God has in store for me, 'good' or 'bad', happy or sad.