The more I focus my mind on on its defects -- late start, long drunkalog, cigarette smoke -- the worse the meeting becomes. But when I try to see what I can add to the meeting, rather than what I can get out of it, and when I focus my mind on what's good about it, rather than what's wrong with it, the meeting keeps getting better and better.
When I focus on what's good today, I have a good day, and when I focus on what's bad, I have a bad day. If I focus on a problem, the problem increases; if I focus on the answer, the answer increases.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, (4th edition) page 419
todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
for a very informative and productive meeting with the nursing and administrative staff at my Mom's nursing home
for some occasional calm amidst the chaos
for the willingness to evolve in a more positive way instead of remaining static
that I don't intentionally break the law
that I am hosting a small AA meeting in my home today
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. -Alphonse Karr
The more I focus my mind on on its defects -- late start, long drunkalog, cigarette smoke -- the worse the meeting becomes. But when I try to see what I can add to the meeting, rather than what I can get out of it, and when I focus my mind on what's good about it, rather than what's wrong with it, the meeting keeps getting better and better.
When I focus on what's good today, I have a good day, and when I focus on what's bad, I have a bad day. If I focus on a problem, the problem increases; if I focus on the answer, the answer increases.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, (4th edition) page 419
todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
for a very informative and productive meeting with the nursing and administrative staff at my Mom's nursing home
for some occasional calm amidst the chaos
for the willingness to evolve in a more positive way instead of remaining static
that I don't intentionally break the law
that I am hosting a small AA meeting in my home today
-Alphonse Karr