from Touchstones
Celebration is a forgetting in order to remember. A forgetting of ego, of problems, of difficulties. A letting go. — Matthew Fox
Whether we celebrate a holiday today or not, we can practice setting our troubles aside and finding fellowship with others. A holiday presents us men with an opportunity to practice the letting go of this program. This is a special day to set aside our work and our routines, to put our problems and burdens on the shelf. Let us join and celebrate with others who are also letting go on this day. Maybe we can learn from them how they do it.
We may have been too compulsive on past holidays to celebrate. Or perhaps our holidays are clouded with painful memories. We might miss loved ones, or we may recall disappointments or the chaos of earlier holidays. There is no need for perfection in our celebration. We can have some tension, or pain, and yet set it aside as we join with others for a special day.
Today, I will set my ego aside and let go of the usual things in my life in order to reach out to others and participate in celebration.
From Answers in the Heart
Celebration is a forgetting in order to remember. A forgetting of ego, of problems, of difficulties. A letting go. — Matthew Fox
Holidays can be a real test of recovery, particularly for those of us who still struggle with sex addiction on a day-to-day basis. It’s especially hard for those of us who are alone.
It is a time to take good care of ourselves. We can go to extra meetings, keep up with phone calls and try to be honest, rather than jolly. We can refuse to lose ourselves in sex, drinking, or overeating. We can find other recovering people to be with.
Perhaps holidays offer us the chance to reflect on the impact our addiction has had on our relationships and how much sharing these special times with others means. We are also able to appreciate what we already have, to better recognize our blessings because we have known the pain and deprivation of our illness.
The program is ours this holiday season, offering us peace, simplicity, and reality. We can choose an attitude of hope and gratitude. In letting go of expectations, we may find much more to celebrate than we anticipated.
I have enough, I do enough, I am enough.
Daily Meditation Books
Answers in the Heart - daily meditations for people recovering from sex addiction
Touchstones - daily meditations for recovering men
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