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evileToday's thought from Hazelden is:
Self Pity
"Poor little ol' me." The PLOMS. How often do we succumb to this temptation? Usually it's an excuse for not doing what we know we should do, but do not want to do. Or it's a way to manipulate someone else into doing something for us which we should be doing ourselves. If we spend our time moaning and groaning about how unfairly life is treating us, we do not have much chance of discovering the plan which our Higher Power has for us, nor are we able to carry out God's will.
Trite as it may sound, the cure for self-pity is to think about those who are less fortunate and start counting our blessings. Taking some action, doing some small thing for someone else, perhaps a phone call -- these are constructive steps to take us off the "pity pot."
When we begin to feel sorry for ourselves, let's remember where we came from and what things were like before we found the program.
I don't need self-pity.
Self Pity
"Poor little ol' me." The PLOMS. How often do we succumb to this temptation? Usually it's an excuse for not doing what we know we should do, but do not want to do. Or it's a way to manipulate someone else into doing something for us which we should be doing ourselves. If we spend our time moaning and groaning about how unfairly life is treating us, we do not have much chance of discovering the plan which our Higher Power has for us, nor are we able to carry out God's will.
Trite as it may sound, the cure for self-pity is to think about those who are less fortunate and start counting our blessings. Taking some action, doing some small thing for someone else, perhaps a phone call -- these are constructive steps to take us off the "pity pot."
When we begin to feel sorry for ourselves, let's remember where we came from and what things were like before we found the program.
I don't need self-pity.
You are reading from the book:
Food for Thought by Elisabeth L.
Food for Thought by Elisabeth L. © 1980, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the permission of Hazelden.
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:24 am (UTC)No matter where you are in terms of having it bad, you can find someone else who has it worse than you do, and you can find someone else who doesn't have it as bad as you do. Neither of these negate your experience or your pain.
(And, right now, I'm processing some pain and trying to figure out what sort of anger, if any, I should bring to bear should anyone be so rude as to tell me to my face that they're upset that someone is planning on doing something really, really nice for me. Is that fucked, or what?)
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Date: 2011-10-05 08:32 pm (UTC)Why would someone react like that?? That's just...sad. *hugs* I hope it is just a misunderstanding and not someone being mean spirited and hateful. I think you are VERY deserving of good things and fun times!