One Day at a Time

This comes from my book "Twenty-Four Hours a Day" 


"I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. I own it, for better or worse, What I do now, in this present moment, is what makes up my life. My whole life is only a succession of nows. I will take this moment, which has been given to me by the grace o God, and I will do something with it. What I do with each now, will make me or break me. Am I living in the now? 

We should work at overcoming ourselves, our selfish desires and our self-centeredness. This can never be full accomplished. We can never become entirely unselfish. But we can come to realize that we are not at the center of the universe and that everything does not revolve around us at the center. I am only one cell in a vast network of human cells. I can at least make the effort to conquer the self-life and seek daily to obtain more and more of this self-conquest. "He who overcomes himself is greater than he who conquers a city." 

I think this has a lot to do with many areas of our lives..but can be used in the conquest to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. All too often, if I eat badly, I think the whole day is shot...or I am a failure. I can easily get in the mindset that I will always be an overeater...or never get control of my life. 

When I take my journey just one day at a time..It allows for a fresh new mindset the very next meal or day. I did not gain weight over night. I did not create a new lifestyle over night. But each day at a time trying hard to re gain control and start anew adds up to big victories.


Whether I was born an alcoholic or not remains unknown but I did take on the alcoholic lifestyle the moment I had my first drink. I remember it all too clearly. I loved alcohol. I loved the feelings it gave me. I was powerful. No one mattered to me. Nothing made me forget reality like alcohol did. To banish the ball and chain of alcohol takes one day at a time as well...one hour to one day and on to the next. I heard someone say, "If you can't solve the problem today..then don't do anything about it TODAY."  So, if something is bothering me, or I am worrying about Wednesday and it is only Monday...be present. Live for today. Do what I can to make today the best it can BE. 






We are better than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.
-- Anonymous

We are wonderful, capable human beings worthy of love and happiness. We all have a gift to give the world that can't be duplicated. No one else is exactly like us.

The problem is, we don't believe it. We are used to thinking about all our negative qualities and become expert at putting ourselves down. We have a hard time believing and accepting our own goodness and gifts.

When we have a negative attitude, only one person can change it - us. We have the power to choose to change our thinking - if we want to. It takes a courageous person to risk getting positive and hopeful. Getting sober is evidence enough that we have that courage.

Today let me believe I am better than I know


"Acceptance is giving ourselves and others the ability to just BE."
-louise hay