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Hello  :)

I know many of us are trying to detach and lick our wounds in the middle of a bucket of worries and Christmas is on the way. I personally am scared. Below is a poem they sometimes share with newcomers to Al-anon and other codependency 12 step groups. I say, whether we call ourselves codependent (I don't) or not, whether we believe in the 12 step mentality or not, let's try to do what this poem says on Christmas and I think we will have a better day already.  :) Let's not worry about whether we can manage it or not for now, let's just try to suspend that thought for a day and just try to "do" what the poem says to the best of our power. We have some days to prepare, too.

Thank you BPD family for helping me get through this 


Just for today, I will try to live through this day only,

and not tackle my whole life problem

at once. I can do something for twelve hours

that would appall me if I felt that I had to

keep it up for a lifetime.

 

 

Just for today, I will be happy. This assumes to

be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that

"most folks are as happy as they make up

their minds to be."

 


Just for today, I will try to strengthen my mind.

I will study. I will learn something useful.

I will not be a mental loafer. I will read

something that requires effort, thought and

concentration.


Just for today, I will adjust myself to what is,

and not try to adjust everything to my own

desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes,

and fit myself to it.


Just for today, I will exercise my soul in three

ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and

not get found out. I will do at least two

things I don't want to--just for exercise.

I will not show anyone that my feelings are

hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not

show it


Just for today, I will be agreeable. I will look

as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low,

act courteously, criticize not one bit, not

find fault with anything and not try to improve

or regulate anybody except myself.


Just for today, I will have a program. I may not

follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will

save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.


Just for today, I will have a quiet half hour all

by myself, and relax. During this half hour,

sometime, I will try to get a better perspective

of my life.


Just for today, I will be unafraid. Especially I

will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful,

and to believe that as I give to the world, so

the world will give to me.


-Kenneth L. Holmes