One Day at a Time
A Lesson from Nature
06/Jul/08 Filed in: One Day at a
Time
One of the basic principles of recovery, one
repeated in the name of this web page, is One
Day at a Time. Nature surrounds us with some
excellent role models.
Trees don't stand around worrying about forest fires. The water in a lake doesn't fret about the turbulence that stirred it a few miles upstream. Butterflies don't seem to pry into each other's affairs. Most of creation seems to spend its time going about its own business. Maybe, if I paid attention, I could learn to do the same.
There's a great deal to be learned from painful circumstances, but there's even more to be found in the gentle wisdom that God shows in His creation.
Trees don't stand around worrying about forest fires. The water in a lake doesn't fret about the turbulence that stirred it a few miles upstream. Butterflies don't seem to pry into each other's affairs. Most of creation seems to spend its time going about its own business. Maybe, if I paid attention, I could learn to do the same.
There's a great deal to be learned from painful circumstances, but there's even more to be found in the gentle wisdom that God shows in His creation.
—Anonymous
Sufficient Unto the Day
23/Apr/08 Filed in: One Day at a
Time
Who knows whether tomorrow will be good or bad?
Recovery is a twenty-four-hour program. It
reminds us that we should not burden ourselves
with the woes of the past or dwell on the
problems of the future. If we remain focused on
the only time we have control over—the
present—and do the best we can with the things
that can be done now, then we may actually have a
little time left over for enjoyment and
reflection.
Living one day at a time is a Biblical principle. Jesus taught us to pray for our daily bread. He told us that each day has enough trouble of its own (or in the King James Version, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.").
He has also told us that He cares for us. We do well when we rely on His control of our future and do the work He sets before us as it comes. Surely, this is the best and most logical way to deal with our problems.
Living one day at a time is a Biblical principle. Jesus taught us to pray for our daily bread. He told us that each day has enough trouble of its own (or in the King James Version, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.").
He has also told us that He cares for us. We do well when we rely on His control of our future and do the work He sets before us as it comes. Surely, this is the best and most logical way to deal with our problems.
—Anonymous