Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Accepting our powerlessness over other people relieves us of a heavy burden.
When we first hear the term powerlessness, we’re baffled. What does it mean that we are powerless to control another person’s behavior? With little or no success, we argued, manipulated, and cajoled. Our hours were filled with attempts to control.
Giving up this behavior is frightening at first. We might ask ourselves, what do we do now? At length, we learn through the example of others to live for ourselves. Though it may have seemed selfish at first, we are realizing a new freedom that energizes us. We are beginning to glimpse the richness of our own lives now that we have time to focus on us.
I will relish my freedom from the lives of loved ones today. I’ll focus on my behavior only.
Hazelden Foundation
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