I don’t know about you, but in my case light is necessary to seek color -otherwise everything looks black.
Have you ever wanted or needed something so desperately, desperately, that you knew that you were going to we’re going to have to do whatever it took to get it, to get there – And in your mind you’re staring at the path or obstacle course you know you’ve got to go through in order to get to the other side? You know in the fiber of your being that you will go through that path because not getting to the other side is not an option! This was the feeling I had when I came into recovery and I was staring at those 12 steps.
With regard to a person you have had countless negative experiences with, do you think that by predicting, or by expecting that your next encounter with that individual will be negative, that you will in any way, shape, or form affect that person or the potential outcome in a positive manner? That is what you, and I should be shooting for!
Once again, some foods don’t smell bad but they will make you sick while other foods smell bad but won’t make you sick.