Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums - View Single Post - Daily Motivator

bluidkiti · 02-04-2023, 05:02 AM

February 5

Painful lessons

You’re painfully aware of what you should have done and what you should not have done. Now is your opportunity to get something good in return for that pain.

Last time, and the times before that, you learned your lesson. Now, put that lesson into positive practice.

Before you act, consider this. A year from now, what will you wish you had done, and what will you wish you had avoided?

There’s a good reason the painful lessons are so painful. The purpose of the pain is the make sure you remember.

Yet remembering is not enough. You must also adjust your actions to avoid the same pain again.

What should you have done last time? This time you have the good fortune, and a powerful, memorable reason, to make sure you do it right.

— Ralph Marston

02-04-2023, 05:02 AM	#6
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,049	February 5 Painful lessons You’re painfully aware of what you should have done and what you should not have done. Now is your opportunity to get something good in return for that pain. Last time, and the times before that, you learned your lesson. Now, put that lesson into positive practice. Before you act, consider this. A year from now, what will you wish you had done, and what will you wish you had avoided? There’s a good reason the painful lessons are so painful. The purpose of the pain is the make sure you remember. Yet remembering is not enough. You must also adjust your actions to avoid the same pain again. What should you have done last time? This time you have the good fortune, and a powerful, memorable reason, to make sure you do it right. — Ralph Marston __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.