Faith & Roses

I let the texts roll in yesterday and turned my phone off. It was less stressful and freed me from inevitable compulsivity. Spent the last two days with Mom (and that made it the last two weekends with Mom.) Mom’s CNA has grown somewhat complacent. In all fairness, I don’t believe there’s much incentive in that field to go the extra mile with one’s clients. It’s interesting, but no help is often better than half-stepping help. And yet there are very few reasons to actually disrespect anyone.

I’ve asked my Higher Power to give me what I need to surrender my frustrations, anger, expectation, resistance…etc. with Mom’s support folks. And I have been enabled to take one day at the time and go to Mom with compassion and willingness to serve.

“Step One – We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step Two – We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Step Three – We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.”

Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text
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