Today's Thought - December

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December 3

The race is not always to the swift but to those who keep on running.

~Anonymous

Recovery is mostly a long-distance runner’s game, not a sprinter’s. Frequently people begin recovery and attend group meetings with an energy that staggers the imagination. They are on every committee, constantly busy helping others, quick on giving advice. It all looks so good.

But there is a question: A year from now, or in five years, where will they be? Will they have skipped over so many of their own broken parts in a rush to heal others that shortly down the road they fall apart?

If recovery is to be likened to a race at all, it most certainly is about the plodding, patient, and humble runner who clearly knows that what is called for is to put one foot in front of the other and then do it again.

I am less interested in making a “big finish” than I used to be. I accept the fact that recovery is a long-term process.

Today's reading is from the book Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children*