Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Don’t Project
What we anticipate seldom occurs. What we least expected generally happens.
—Benjamin Disraeli
We are not in the business of getting results. It’s easy and simple to plan results. It’s not so easy to just plan and not expect results.
When we think a plan of ours will bring us and humanity all sorts of payoffs, we are playing God again. When our plan doesn’t turn out the way we expected, we put ourselves in danger of feeling hopeless. This can lead to relapse.
We remember the past only for what its lessons have taught us about living today. If yesterday was spent in planning how today was supposed to turn out, we will usually be disappointed in today. Today hardly ever turns out the way we had planned or expected it to turn out.
My plans for the future must stay hopes and possibilities. No matter how far I fall short of my plans I must accept the results with serenity. I will work at making plans, but I won’t plan the results.
Hazelden Foundation
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