One Day at a Time in Al-Anon:
We make a great many decisions — small day-to-day ones that are mere choices, all the way up to big resolutions to make important changes in our lives.
Little or big, they are better when we use whatever forethought the situation requires. If they are concerned with other people, it is well to include such ingredients as love, generosity, tolerance and just plain kindness. Then we will make decisions we can live with comfortably.
If the resolution we’re about to make is highly charged with anger, resentment or bitterness, it would be wise to hold back until the hysteria has subsided and we have taken time to consider all the factors calmly.
Today’s Reminder:
I will remember that a decision I make in a time of crisis might not be the one I would make when the crisis is past. I will not rashly take a step which I may afterward regret.
“All our resolves and decisions are made in a mood or frame of mind which is certain to change.” – Proust