Guest guest Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 ----- Original Message ----- From: Todaysgift@... To: seekingfreedom@... Today's thought for Hazelden is:I've started to realize that waiting is an art, that waiting achieves things. Waiting can be very, very powerful. Time is a valuable thing. If you can wait two years, you can sometimes achieve something that you could not achieve today, however hard you worked, however much money you threw up in the air, however many times you banged your head against the wall. . .--The Courage to Change by Dennis WholeyThe people who are most successful at living and loving are those who can learn to wait successfully. Not many people enjoy waiting or learning patience. Yet, waiting can be a powerful tool that will help us accomplish much good.We cannot always have what we want when we want it. For different reasons, what we want to do, have, be, or accomplish is not available to us now. But there are things we could not do or have today, no matter what, that we can have in the future. Today, we would make ourselves crazy trying to accomplish what will come naturally and with ease later.We can trust that all is on schedule. Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.We don't have to put our life on hold while we wait. We can direct our attention elsewhere; we can practice acceptance and gratitude in the interim; we can trust that we do have a life to live while we are waiting - then we go about living it.Deal with your frustration and impatience, but learn how to wait. The old saying, "You can't always get what you want" isn't entirely true. Often, in life, we can get what we want - especially the desires of our heart - if we can learn to wait.Today, I am willing to learn the art of patience. If I am feeling powerless because I am waiting for something to happen and I am not in control of timing, I will focus on the power available to me by learning to wait. You are reading from the book: The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie The Language of Letting Go. Copyright 1990 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of of Hazelden. ______________________________________________________________________ Please do not reply to this email.Today's Gift daily emails are provided at no cost by the Hazelden Foundation and are sent only to those who sign up for them.To prevent our emails from being blocked, add todaysgift@... to your Contacts or Address Book. CONTACT INFORMATION:Today's Gift feedback and questions - todaysgift@...Treatment program information - info@...Bookstore information - customersupport@...Or call us at 1- (in the U.S.) (outside the U.S.) YOUR PRIVACY IS OUR PRIORITY:Read our online privacy policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 ----- Original Message ----- From: Todaysgift@... To: seekingfreedom@... Today's thought for Hazelden is:The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist; ours only is the present's tiny point.--ShabestariWe are tempted to look back and to look ahead. But what we most need to do is be present in this moment, with ourselves, with our loved ones and friends, and with our experience right here and right now. When we were lost and asleep in our using days and codependency, we could not be emotionally present. Our thoughts were taken up with how we would get our next drink, our next big gambling win, or with how to handle the latest crisis. To be emotionally present and live in the moment; this takes time, and it's a frame of mind that develops as we grow in recovery.One way we become more present in the moment is to practice gratitude. We can always name a few things we feel grateful for - small and big things, funny and serious things. Looking through the lens of gratitude brings us into the immediate moment. Today I will look at my day through the lens of gratitude. You are reading from the book: Wisdom to Know by Anonymous Wisdom to Know. Copyright 2005 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of Hazelden. ______________________________________________________________________ Please do not reply to this email.Today's Gift daily emails are provided at no cost by the Hazelden Foundation and are sent only to those who sign up for them.To prevent our emails from being blocked, add todaysgift@... to your Contacts or Address Book. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES:To sign up for Today's Gift, visit:http://www.hazelden.org/registerCONTACT INFORMATION:Today's Gift feedback and questions - todaysgift@...Treatment program information - info@...Bookstore information - customersupport@...Or call us at 1- (in the U.S.) (outside the U.S.) YOUR PRIVACY IS OUR PRIORITY:Read our online privacy policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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