AFFIRMATION
Spring can only start in my mind and, today, the first day of Spring, I want to be a beautiful flower. I will visualize myself growing tall and bright and filled with God’s most beautiful colors.
CLARIFICATION OF THOUGHT
“One of the reasons I am depressed is because I have made this an absolute belief of mine, namely the belief ‘Only bad things happened to me in the past and only bad things will happen to me in the future.’ (3) Dorothy Rowe, Ph.D
Now that I am working on myself and admitting that I have to do some housekeeping on myself. I am beginning to hope and see a light at the end of the tunnel. I also believe that I will begin to feel better, the more I go to my DA meetings and listen to how other people are working the Twelve Step Program.
The future is where I live right now. The future now is the yesterday’s tomorrow. I am making my future now.
I no longer believe that only bad things will happen to me in the future, because now I hear how people who once were ready to give up on life speak of how they have found hope in the fellowship of Depressed Anonymous and are getting, better one day at a time.
MEDITATION
God , please help us live up to our belie that each day we will get better as we live only in today and not in the fears and anxious moment of a tomorrow that may never come.”
(Your personal comments, please)
“MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES. (Step four of Depressed Anonymous).
“Step four is a critical step if we want to begin the journey toward wholeness, peace and having good feelings about ourselves again. But if we want to stay in the pit of sadness then the belief that we are worthless and not quite good enough will definitely limit our awareness of what we can become and what we can do for ourselves. I believe a lot of our difficulties have their roots in our need to be perfect and to do things the way others expect. It’s as if we have to take care of their needs before our own. ”
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