Re: seeking information

OK, not the one...but the first four lines are so profound that they
serve me well when I need insight. I had never read the whole thing
until I Googled it to post here.

Those first four lines remind me of the hymn "One Day at a Time."

Anne\OH

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:25:50 -0600, Neal <nbrown12@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

No, it wasn't the Serenity Prayer.

Neal

Anne Carle wrote:
Neal, I'll bet you're thinking of the serenity prayer!

"God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen."


--Reinhold Niebuhr

Anne/OH



On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:48:58 -0600, Neal <nbrown12@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Rae,

Do you really worry about a tsunami wiping you out? I just drove
through several areas of Oregon and Washington that had tsunami warning
signs, but I must admit I did not spend any time worrying about that.

However, like many others, I used to be a world-class worrier. I would
worry about things that might happen, usually family or work things,
even getting to the point that I would "rehearse" what might be said or
done, what I would say, and on and on. I would get into such a stew
that whatever the "problem" was would consume me, exhaust me, and almost
make me physically ill.

Like Ed, I have quite a bit of experience with 12-step programs,
primarily from being involved with an Adult Children of Alcoholic
Parents group (ACOA). I went through the 12-steps with a Baptist
minister as my sponsor (that was interesting as I am Catholic).

Sometime during this period, I came across a one-page list of things to
read the first thing each morning. One of the items was something
like "do not worry needlessly about things I can't control and that
probably won't happen anyhow". (I have shortened the sentence due to my
poor memory.) Something like 98% of what we worry about doesn't happen
anyhow. Unfortunately, I have been unable to locate my binder and
unable to find this particular thing on the internet.

It didn't happen immediately or work immediately for me, but over time I
found myself worrying less and less, basically taking things one day at
a time and taking things as they happen, not worrying ahead of time that
they might happen.

That has helped me a great deal, even to the point of being able to
drive past several tsunami danger signs without panicking.

Neal



RaeMorrill wrote:
The point I'm making here people is this: You shouldn't presume that
because you are able to do whatever mental athletics are necessary not
to be concerned about certain issues doesn't mean that line of thinking
works for everyone. That's it. Please don't presume that because it
worked for you it will work for me.

LizzieB. wrote:
RaeMorrill wrote:

I still see it as deluding then. If someone is going to push me over
a cliff, nothing is going to make me unafraid - except being in a coma.

Which part of "allowing yourself to feel the fear" didn't we get?


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