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bluidkiti · 04-06-2022, 06:13 AM

April 6

From five hundred miles away jealousy can hear the crumpling of a pillow beneath two heads.

~Naomi Replansky

When the green-eyed monster, jealousy, takes up residence in our heads, everything we used to know about ourselves shrinks and disappears. Suddenly, our lives are all about lack. We don’t have enough affection; we don’t have enough money. We’ve missed out on the lover, the grant, the promotion, the inheritance. Our bodies, homes, wardrobes, work—all that we have is inadequate compared with what others have, with what they have stolen from us!

In this turbulent and painful state of mind, we can sometimes step back and see how absurd our claims to superiority or inferiority are. Comparing ourselves unfavorably with others, insisting that we’ve missed out on what matters, casts a pall over our lives and disempowers us, as any obsession will. If we’re suffering from jealousy, it’s time to take a deep breath and to pray for abundance and fulfillment in the lives of those we envy. Whether our prayers are open-hearted or begin grudgingly, in time generosity will flow from us again, toward ourselves and others.

Today, I am grateful for abundance in my own and others’ lives.

Today's reading is from the book Glad Day

04-06-2022, 06:13 AM	#6
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,739	April 6 From five hundred miles away jealousy can hear the crumpling of a pillow beneath two heads. ~Naomi Replansky When the green-eyed monster, jealousy, takes up residence in our heads, everything we used to know about ourselves shrinks and disappears. Suddenly, our lives are all about lack. We don’t have enough affection; we don’t have enough money. We’ve missed out on the lover, the grant, the promotion, the inheritance. Our bodies, homes, wardrobes, work—all that we have is inadequate compared with what others have, with what they have stolen from us! In this turbulent and painful state of mind, we can sometimes step back and see how absurd our claims to superiority or inferiority are. Comparing ourselves unfavorably with others, insisting that we’ve missed out on what matters, casts a pall over our lives and disempowers us, as any obsession will. If we’re suffering from jealousy, it’s time to take a deep breath and to pray for abundance and fulfillment in the lives of those we envy. Whether our prayers are open-hearted or begin grudgingly, in time generosity will flow from us again, toward ourselves and others. Today, I am grateful for abundance in my own and others’ lives. Today's reading is from the book Glad Day __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.