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Alcoholics Anonymous has a Big Book for reference, for comfort, for sanity, to pick up and read any time for whatever reason, in order to help you stay sober one day at a time.

On page 449 it reads:

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and my attitudes.

Well hell, what a concept. I was reminded of page 449 yesterday. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the WORLD, as on what needs to be changed in ME AND MY ATTITUDES.

ACCEPTANCE IS THE KEY. Thank you my friend, of the reminder........I needed it!