~ THE PAST ~
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Even God cannot change the past.
Agathon, ancient Greek poet
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Each day of recovery, I ask my Higher
Power to help me stay focused on
today. Although there are things I would
like to change about the past, I know
that it is not possible. I’ve let myself
fall into traps, thinking "If only I had
done..." or "If only I’d said..." When I
think this way, I find myself wasting a
lot of time and feeling bad. This
doesn’t seem like healthy recovery
thinking. If amends need to be made,
then I make them. If not, then I let go
of the past.
Worrying about the past is not
productive. Regret will not fix
anything. It will merely keep me from
concentrating my efforts on where they
belong ... on the present moment.
ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .
I will stay focused on what is going on around me and leave the past in the past.