• Ken L posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 3 years, 8 months ago

    JULY 23 Reflection for the Day

    Today I’ll try to settle for less than I wish were possible, and be willing to not only accept it but to appreciate it. Today, I’ll not expect too much of anyone – especially myself. I’ll try to remember that contentment comes from gratefully accepting the good that comes to us, and not from being furious at life because it’s not “better.”

    Do I realize the difference between resignation and realistic acceptance?

    Today I Pray

    May I not set my sights unrealistically high, expect too much. May I look backwards long enough to see that my self-set, impossible goals were the trappings of my addiction; too often I ended up halfway there, confronted by my own failure. Those “foiled-again” or “I’ve failed-again” feelings became monumental excuses to give in to my gambling compulsion, which blanketed my miseries. May I avoid that sick old pattern. May I be realistic.

    Today I Will Remember

    Good is good enough.