Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   May 25                                   "Good" and "bad" feelings

     "A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive.  If we do not
     take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will
                                help us grow."

                                                     IP No. 8, Just for Today

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   Most of us seem to unconsciously judge what happens in our lives each day
   as good or bad, success or failure.   We tend to feel happy about the
   "good" and angry, frustrated, or guilty about the "bad." Good and
   bad feelings, though, often have little to do with what's truly good or
   bad for us.   We may learn more from our failures than our successes,
   especially if failure has come from taking a risk.

   Attaching value judgments to our emotional reactions ties us to our old
   ways of thinking.  We can change the way we think about the incidents of
   everyday life, viewing them as opportunities for growth, not as good or
   bad.  We can search for lessons rather than assigning value.  When we do
   this, we learn something from each day.   Our daily Tenth Step is an
   excellent tool for evaluating the day's events and learning from both
   success and failure.

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   Just for today:  I  am offered an opportunity to apply the principles of
   recovery so that I  will learn and grow.   When I learn from life's
   events, I succeed.