September 7 - "If you're not all right the way you are," it's been said,
"it takes a lot of effort to get better. Realize you're all right the
way you are, and you'll get better naturally." Sometimes we find
ourselves in a situation so difficult that it seems insoluble. The more
we think about it, the more we get on our own backs for our imagined
inadequacy to overcome the situation - and we sink into depression.
That's the moment to recall a single phrase, slogan, or bit of
philosophy, saying it over and over until it replaces thoughts of the
tormenting problem - which, in the final analysis will take care of
itself.Do I sometimes forget that the thorns have roses?
Today I Pray - May I see that God gives us patterns so that we can take comfort in opposites - day follows night; silence follows din; love follows loneliness; release follows suffering. If I am ineffectual, may I realize it and try to do something constructive. If I am insensitive, may my friends confront me into greater sensitivity.
Today I Will Remember - Clouds have linings. Problems have endings.
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