Thursday, July 11, 2013
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
I insist that men shall have the right to work out their lives in their own way.
-- Giuseppe Garibaldi
It has been said that when we ask someone to do something three times and they don't, what we're asking becomes our will and not theirs. Do we really believe that the only person we can change is ourselves? Is there a secret place in our hearts that believes we can, in fact, control others and make them change? Do we find ourselves hanging on to the hope that our lives will get better when a certain person changes and does things our way?
It is comforting to know that we can't change anyone but ourselves, and that is all we need to do. Each time we grow better, ripples of change go out in all directions.
Today let me find a positive change I can make in myself.
I insist that men shall have the right to work out their lives in their own way.
-- Giuseppe Garibaldi
It has been said that when we ask someone to do something three times and they don't, what we're asking becomes our will and not theirs. Do we really believe that the only person we can change is ourselves? Is there a secret place in our hearts that believes we can, in fact, control others and make them change? Do we find ourselves hanging on to the hope that our lives will get better when a certain person changes and does things our way?
It is comforting to know that we can't change anyone but ourselves, and that is all we need to do. Each time we grow better, ripples of change go out in all directions.
Today let me find a positive change I can make in myself.
From the book:
Our Best Days by Nancy Hull-Mast. © 1990 by Hazelden Foundation
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