Friday
October 3, 2014
Life on Life's Terms
Humble acceptance
"Did I tell you my
ex-father-in-law wants me to be a pallbearer?" David asked
"I thought he
hated you," I said. "He's already
planning his own funeral?"
"He used to hate
me. Now he doesn't. He said he'd never met anybody so screwed up
turn his life around. If you knew him,
you wouldn't be at all surprised he's planning his funeral. He's the most organized human being I've
ever met."
"You don't seem
happy about being his pallbearer."
"I'm proud I
turned my life around. I just think he's
giving me way too much credit. He's a
legend and I'm just a successful businessman.
I don't want to let him down."
"When you think
about it, you will be letting him down, at least one last time."
"What are you
talking about?" David asked.
"Never mind,"
I said, wondering why nobody seemed to get my humor. "I agree with him,
you really have turned your life around.
You're accepting an honor you've earned, but staying humble. That's a big step forward for you. You used to arrogantly believe the world owed
you."
Today I will humbly accept whatever I've
earned.
Life on Life's Terms © 2014 by Ken Montrose
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RPG: Relapse Prevention Group
Basic
Training
"How'd you do
it?" someone shouted to the oldtimer as he stepped to the podium for his
thirty year chip.
"I didn't die and
I didn't drink," he yelled back.
"Got to be more to
it than that," a newcomer whispered to me.
"Do whatever you
can to improve your odds of not dying and not drinking," I said. "And be grateful while you do. Those are the basics."
"But there's more,
right?"
"There's always
more, but there's no point in doing more if you haven't done the basics. If I'm writing my fourth step sitting on a
bar stool I'm likely to relapse. I
haven't taken care of the basics, I haven't done everything I can to improve my
odds of staying sober.
Today I will take care of the basics.
RPG: Relapse Prevention
Group © 2014 by Ken
Montrose
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