Acceptance

"Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation--some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in my me and in my attitudes."

-Alcoholics Anonymoush

I find that when I take myself out of the way of God's plan for me..I have a more peaceful and satisfying day. When I try to direct others, or expect others to act how Jody wants them to act..then I am interfering with the natural plan of my man above.  I try to remember to pray that I can be of service to someone each day, help someone out, find some serenity and let Go and LET GOD. I am powerless over all people, places and things. I have no business even worrying about the outcome of others or how they will treat me etc. I can only control one thing. And that is my ATTITUDE.


I also liked this: Hit home for me..thought I would share

EXPECTATIONS

"Perhaps the best thing of all for me is to remember that my serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations of Max and other people are, the lower is my serenity. I can watch my serenity level rise when I discard my expectations. But when my "rights" try to move in, and they too can force my serenity level down. I have to discard my "rights," as well as my expectations by asking myself,  How important is it, really? How important is it compared to my serenity, my emotional sobriety? And when I place more value on my serenity than on anything else, I can maintain them at a higher level---at least for the time being."

-Alcoholics Anonymous

I find myself setting too high of standards for myself--standards that I cannot meet. I would like to climb to the top of the mountain...but I can't set out on Monday and get to the top my very first time. I must allow myself room for error and growth. I tend to be an all or nothing kind of person. That perception is a very tough standard to live up to. I felt like a failure after Boxing lesson NUMBER ONE. I could not keep up with the intensity for the full hour. I expected I would be able to. I am really trying to just be grateful for what I CAN DO, allow myself to learn, not berate myself for "failing." I have never failed. You have never failed. It is just a lesson. We are all here to learn and do our very best. That's all anyone can ask for.

Acceptance is the key to my relationship with God today. I never just sit and do nothing while waiting for Him to tell me what to do. Rather, I do whatever is in front of me to do be done, and I leave the results up to Him; however it turns out, that's God's will for me. I must keep my magic magnifying mind on my acceptance and off my expectations, for my serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance. When I remember this, I can see I've never had it so good.

Thank GOD!