Today is a reminder of what I learned from my sponsor. Not to go ahead to tomorrow. Stay in the day and deal with whatever whenever. What am I talking about? The predictions on the storm coming into our area. It’s not here. It’s out there and that’s where I’m leaving it.
That doesn’t mean that we just let things go. I can always be prepared to some extent. But I’m not going into what will or won’t happen. I lived that way for a long time in the past. Today is the only day I can stay sober. And that is where my mind is right now.
I’ve seen what has happened to others, who get too absorbed in the future. Watched people who have gone crazy in anticipation of what hasn’t happened. If I really believe in what I’ve learned to practice in here, I need to place myself and others in the hands of my Higher Power and to deal with what is right in front of me.
Part of what I have learned in here began with what for me was a huge step into my staying sober. That was what I so often go back to. The Second Step. It opened the door for me into a spiritual way of life that I desperately needed, even though I didn’t know that at the time. Thank my sponsor for that.
The reason I’m going through this now is a brief meditation on what it is I always need to do. To turn my life and my will over to my Higher Power. The Third Step and beyond. Eventually the Eleventh Step. As human as I am, with all my defects and imperfections, I know that if I keep trying to practice these principles in all of my affairs that I will be able to stay sober a day at a time.
Anyway, just taking time out for a few moments to remind myself of why I am here. Just an expression of what I need to do. My gratitude to my Higher Power, my sponsor, and all those people I have met and have helped me to do what I cannot do alone.