Gratitude

 

God has been gracious enough to give me sober days and a life blessed with peace and contentment, as well as the ability to give and receive love, and the opportunity to serve others -- in our Fellowship, my family and my community. For all of this, I have "a full and thankful heart.
Daily Reflections, p. 93
                                           courtesy AAOnline.net


I am grateful for this minute; my eternity may be in it.
A A = Always Awesome.

 

I have much to be grateful for, my life has been much better than I deserve, for I have been blessed with an abundance of love, generous family, good friends and a spiritual path of joy and freedom.

 

My gratitude list looks like this

 

• A Power of the Universe, that I choose to call God, is in my life and wants only that I be happy and allows me to build a relationship of trust, honesty, love, forgiveness and freedom.

•  A woman who has chosen to spend her life with me, believe in me at my depths, love me unconditionally, been a wonderful mother to our children, daughter to my mother and sister to my sisters. My best friend and most loving and forgiving wife.

• Old friends have returned to my life and forgiven me, while my new friends, always hold their hands out to me to remind that I will never be alone again.
•  A new way of life that has put me on a journey of joy, peace and serenity that does not have a destination.
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•  For the food, shelter belongings that sustain me, but don’t identify me.

•  For skills that allow me to have multiple profession that seem endless and ever evolving.

•  Recovery and sobriety; the miracle that embraced me and given me more than I ever dreamed possible.

•  Myself; not so fearful, not so angry, not so full of shame and able to trudge the road to my happy destiny and help others find their paths.
• Life constantly present storms which must be weathered, what I try to do is not become part of the storm but remain calm through it all. Being grateful and acknowledging God and all that has been done for me is that calming influence.

 

Life isn’t always fair, but it is life and I choose it over the alternative. I have been given tools and choices for good that allow me to put positive energy into the Universe. Life is to be lived “one day at a time”.