Struggled a bit this week with a program call from someone with a lot of drama. We have very little to discuss unless she’s talking about her husband, her lover, and the interminable chasm between them. God help me- I get impatient. I want to scream, “If you don’t like things the way they are, then get off your @#* and change them! Grow up! Take accountability for yourself!!!”
How quickly I forget the years I spent rehashing, whining, crying over my love woes before program. Amazing how the tables turn. Now I know why my friends stopped taking my calls back in those days… because it’s exhausting listening to someone go on and on and on and on about something they can change with a simple change of attitude. They just choose not to.
“Each of us puts the Al-Anon program into practice in our lives as best we can, moving at the pace that is right for us. I avoid speaking harshly . . . Perhaps someone needs more time to work through a painful situation than I do. Their story may sound repetitious to me, but who am I to judge? . . . Tday I will try to extend to my fellow members the respect, patience, and courtesy that I want for myself.” -Courage to Change (July 15, p197)
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Thank you for visiting my blog. What am awesome bunch of reading I’ve been able to do here this morning on your blog. YIKES sorry about the destruction there! We have hurricains so I’m familiar with the the aftermath.