It is amazing how much
power can result from changing one word. I did this with the word HAVE, changing
it to GET. That one change transformed my life. It completely changed my
attitude. I no longer see things as obstacles but instead as opportunities.
Here is how it is applied.
I used to hate going to
recovery meetings. I would be fine once I got there, but the motivation to get
there in the first place was missing. I would look at the clock and think to
myself, “I have to go to a meeting tonight.” It was very low on my totem pole
of things to do, even though I realized how important they were to my sobriety.
As I began to get more involved with the meetings, I opened myself
up to doing more at them. I would set up chairs and tables for the meetings. I
made coffee. I became necessary to the meetings and began to see them not as
things I HAD to do, but things I GOT to do. Soon I would see it was
almost time for the meeting, and would say to myself, “I get to go to a
meeting.”
