JANUARY 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I am a winner"

For a good part of my life, I saw things mostly in negative terms. Everything was serious, heavy, or just plain awful. Perhaps now I can truly change my attitude, searching out the winners in the Gamblers Anonymous Program who have learned how to live comfortably in the real world - without gambliing. If things get rough today, can I take a quiet moment and say to myself, as the philosopher Homer once said, “Bear patiently, my heart - for you have suffered heavier things”? Today I Pray ... May the peace of God that passes all human understanding fill the place within me that once harbored my despair. May an appreciation for living - even for life’s trials - cancel out my old negative attitudes. During heart-heavy moments, help to remind me that my heart was once much heavier still. Today I Will Remeber ... I am a winner - in the best sense of the word. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC