Not This Day

For today, I have no worries. I didn’t say I didn’t have problems. I just said I don’t worry about them, not this day.
For today, I have no fear. I didn’t say I didn’t have anything of which to be afraid. I just said I don’t fear things, not this day.
For today, I have no pain. I didn’t say I didn’t hurt. I just said I’ll pay it no mind, not this day.

I have come to believe that the size of the wound or the concern doesn’t have to have any correlation to the amount of the worry, fear and pain I experience. This is the only true when I am deliberate in my trust and in my actions. When I am not, worry, fear and pain likely will overwhelm me. The key to my success in such endeavors is to keep it limited to what lies before me, the realities of the day that I am in.

I am ill-prepared to deal with the worries, fear and pain of yesterday and tomorrow. There are too many of them and they are huge. They appear greater than my ability to deal with, understand and overcome. They become ghosts and monsters. There is no grace upon such concerns.

Our program of recovery is predicated on the efforts of just one day, today. We are encouraged to live one day at a time because anything more is more than we can handle. But we can handle today.

For today, I choose to tell the storm how big my God is, not the other way around. There may be a day where I abandon such a thought process and forsake all that I teach here today, but it is not this day. This day, I choose to face the unpleasant realities of my existence without getting discouraged, disappointed or overwhelmed. God will help me with this. He always does. This is how I ensure that I don’t live in a state of delusion, at least not this day.

Thank you
Jim

James A. Francetich is a freelance writer and author. The opinions expressed are solely of the author and do not represent any community based recovery programs, private or public entities or any governmental agencies.