Snips

Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of life is that we get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like.Many of us have gotten into a rut with rigidity, martyrdom, and deprivation. One of the "normal" experiences many of us have been deprived of is having fun. Another one is being spontaneous. We may not have the foggiest notion what we would like to do for fun. And we may hold ourselves in check so tightly that we wouldn't allow ourselves to try something fun anyway.We can let ourselves go a little now and then. We can loosen up a bit. We don't have to be so stiff and rigid, so frightened about being who we are.Take some risks. Try some new activities. What would we like to do? What might we enjoy doing?
Then, take another risk. Pick out a movie you'd like to see; call a friend, and invite him or her to go along. If that person says no, try someone else, or try again another time.Decide to try something, then go through with it. Go once. Go twice. Practice having fun until fun becomes fun.Today, I will do something just for fun. I will practice having fun until I actually enjoy it.Melody Beattie ©

If God can handle death, God can handle your problems. Marianne Williamson

AA Thought of the Day / We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. / AA, p. 76
When we are training in the art of peace, we are not given any promises that, because of our noble intentions, everything will be okay. In fact, there are no promises of fruition at all. Instead, we are encouraged to simply look deeply at joy and sorrow, at laughing and crying, at hoping and fearing, at all that lives and dies. We learn that what truly heals is gratitude and tenderness.Pema Chödrön

When you are present, you are aware of how you feel within your body. You are tuned in to your emotions. You are in charge of your thoughts, rather than having your thoughts race frenetically in your mind. You are also connected to your soul, that part of you that directs you towards some higher Purpose for your life beyond the need for instant gratification.
John Kuypers

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want wants you. But you have to take action to get it.,Jack Canfield

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do - do it and let it speak for itself.Martin Vanbee"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." Neale Donald Walsch