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Just
for today
One of the most important
spiritual experiences for me was to realize that all I really had was
this 24 hours that I was in right now!!!!
I have heard that slogan
many times in my life, from people and from different publications.
It never really truly set in my mind until I admitted that I could
not control everything in my life, and that people places and things
where out of my control. The only thing I can control is me, my
thoughts, action, and the way I treat other people.
Realizing
this, I quit mourning over the mistakes I made yesterday and I quit
trying to predict what will happen tomorrow.
Paul,
a recovering alcoholic and drug addict.
There
is Hope
Life leads me to have to
learn, even when I don’t want to. I am a spoiled rotten
self-centered human who has desires and dreams and wants to live for
God's purpose. I have learned that in living in my own selfish ways,
there is no happiness.
Life
is tough, unfair and disappointing. “How”, do you say,
“is there Hope in this?” Well, coming from a recovering
alcoholic and addict who would not feel pain or allow himself to see
that life is not all about him, this is truly a miracle, for that is
part of the disease of an addicted mind.
Hope
is honesty with self, God, and other humans. There is no other reason
for living. For this insight, I am truly grateful.
Life
through God's will is freedom. Now Life is seen as new, exciting and
joyous, for I am not alone! There is a whole world full of
people that have the same problems as I, and all I have to do is be
willing.
Paul,
a recovering alcoholic and drug addict.
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