Gifts

"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands." - Richard Bach

Don't you love receiving gifts?  There's something about seeing how beautifully it's wrapped, the joy and excitement of unwrapping it, and then discovering what amazing thing there is inside!!  Even giving gifts can bring a smile to your face when you know you've picked the perfect present for someone!!

In recovery, something that was really helpful was realizing that instead of looking at my slips or times I turned to Ed as failures, I could imagine them as gifts.  You see, a slip meant that something I thought I'd figured out was still something that needed work on.  And so instead of beating myself up, I began to say 'thanks Ed' and totally confuse him by looking at the situation as a new opportunity to grow and learn.

So today I DARE you to look at a slip as a gift.  Unwrap that gift and see what lesson there is to be learned.  You never know, you may figure out how you could do it differently the next time, you could figure out something that's been missing that you need to add in, or you could even have a major breakthrough in your recovery as you realize a repeating pattern is related to something you'd never even paid attention to.

As you unwrap those recovery gifts, why not share with us any small insights you gain.  Go on, I DARE you to confuse Ed and thank him for the gifts he gives you ..... you can do it!!!!