TGI
Fridays 10-7-2011
One
Day At A Time
“ONE
DAY AT A TIME” it is the battle
cry. “ONE DAY AT A TIME”…anyone who has
fought any type of vice has uttered those words. Three words of encouragement. Three words of self hypnosis!
I
watch my diet – food intake – I love to eat – reduce the intake – one day at a
time
I
recover from a serious illness – I watch my symptoms – I adhere to the
prescribed medicine – one day at a time
I
quit using my drug of choice – I watch the shaking of my hands – I keep myself
overly busy – one day at a time
I
strive for political correctness – I watch my words – I don’t allow words to
hurt my feelings – one day at a time
One
day at a time infers that the abstinence of whatever your strife is only short
term. This small phrase allows our ego
to think whatever it is we are striving for is a short term goal and that
whatever we have given up to attain our goal can come back into our lives….soon. And,
hopefully, soon never comes. But when
stopping a vice….”soon” is an important
factor. Forever is a very long time….
I
strive to be a better person, writer, mother, wife, grandmother, friend,
sibling, daughter, human being….One Day At A Time.
Leigh
Very true! Short term goals seem much more attainable.
ReplyDeleteKathy
http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com/
I love what you did with this topic, Leigh. I've heard that if a person can change their behavior for 40 days that new habits are formed to displace the old. I'd like to think that was true, but I remember fasting from red meat and sweets for Lent one year. OMG! I did it, but on day 41, I went HOG WILD! I used that word HOG for a reason. LOL
ReplyDeleteAwesome post!
I love this page! So much easier to read, good job!
ReplyDeleteI also love, love, love this piece. One day at a time is all we have, isn't it? I think you do a great job of being a good friend one day at a time!
Excellent post.
Thank you everyone for such positive feed back. I surely do appreciate it!
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