The time I spend in thinking of the past, holding grudges over past mistakes and failures, is time lost. My yesterdays have no importance except as experience in making today fruitful. Regrets and self-condemnation for what I did or left undone, only destroy my self-esteem and prevent me from having a "balanced" view of myself.Today's Reminder
Feeling bad for hurtful things I have said and done to others may be healed by apologizing and making decisions to be good to people now. Feeling bad for missed opportunities will vanish as I try to make wise choices today. Let me fill this day I am in now with thoughts and actions that I will have no need to regret. Let me undertake now only as much as I can accomplish well, and that, without haste or tension.
"Just for today I will live through this one day only and not tackle all my problems at once. Those problems of the past need not concern me today; future ones can be faced as they arise."
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
(Book of Matthew)
[Taken and fashioned from "One Day At A Time In Al-Anon"
for general family relationships by Jim Hogue, MA, MFTI]
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