the road to self-acceptance
Posted: Tue, Oct 26, 2004 04:17:12 AM
it is ironic that often the reading for today happens to be just what i am working on at this moment. tolerating and accepting myself just as i am at this moment is always a tricky bit for me. it is a miracle that i survived as long as i did before coming to the program. and it has been my experience that each phase in my recovery journey has been clearing the way for greater and greater self-acceptance. i understand how the process works and have stopped questioning the why.
today, right now, i am accepting of myself as the frail, flawed being that i am, and i do not have to look back over my life anymore and feel the shame of what i have yet to accomplish. i can live with my character defects and do my best to surrender my shortcomings to a POWER GREATER than myself. today, i may not be entirely "whole" but i am not as broken as i used to be. today i believe that i actually have something to offer and am worth not only the chance to recover but also worth the joy and pain that working on myself tends to bring. and that makes it a good day already.
-- DT --
today, right now, i am accepting of myself as the frail, flawed being that i am, and i do not have to look back over my life anymore and feel the shame of what i have yet to accomplish. i can live with my character defects and do my best to surrender my shortcomings to a POWER GREATER than myself. today, i may not be entirely "whole" but i am not as broken as i used to be. today i believe that i actually have something to offer and am worth not only the chance to recover but also worth the joy and pain that working on myself tends to bring. and that makes it a good day already.
-- DT --