Sunday, April 24, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We do not have to be perfectly certain before acting. We do not have to feel perfectly confident about the outcome of our behavior. In fact, more times than not when we see people acting with what seems to be supreme confidence, it may indeed be an act. Which doesn’t matter. What matters is that inertia was overcome.
In our recovery, there will surely be many times when we encounter situations where our thoughts and actions fill us with anything but confidence. Regardless of our uncertainty, we need to act boldly, and we need to trust our judgment. Boldness does have genius in it, and magic—the magic of proving to ourselves that we can do what is needed when the time is right. When that is possible, the whole world is within our grasp.
If I can act boldly on one small matter, I can act boldly on two. If I can act boldly on small matters, I can act boldly on large matters. If I keep going, I can’t be stopped.
Hazelden Foundation
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