August 1 ONE DAY AT A TIME IN AL-ANON Perhaps many of us have had the thought, at one time and another, “Oh, if I could only run away from all this and start all over again.” We think a fresh beginning would solve everything; that we wouldn’t make the same mistakes again, and so we’d have a chance to be happy. Of course we know this is a childish fantasy. The very idea that we can entertain such a notion should make us a little doubtful of our maturity. For we know perfectly well – admit it or not – that we’d be taking our troubles with us. We can’t run away from ourselves. Isn’t this clear proof that many of our troubles are self-created – many of our personal agonies self-inflicted? Today’s Reminder: A big step toward maturing is to realize that I cannot change conditions by running away from them. I can only change my point of view about them and their relation to me – and this can be done only by changing myself. “Little by little I can change my world – not by escaping to a new one with the same old me, but by making a new me out of the old one.” -- From One Day At a Time in Al-Anon, p. 214. Copyright 2002, Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. ...Charlene :)
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