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Gratefulness
An on-going, multi-year journey of living with a loved one — a son — with addiction has given me many opportunities to learn humility. There is so much pain involved, I’m not sure the word “lovely” fits; but I have learned to laugh at myself, my expectations, my powerlessness over his disease. But the “greeting every minute as new” as opposed to “getting used to the conditions of my life” seems to be in direct contradiction to the acceptan...
An on-going, multi-year journey of living with a loved one — a son — with addiction has given me many opportunities to learn humility. There is so much pain involved, I’m not sure the word “lovely” fits; but I have learned to laugh at myself, my expectations, my powerlessness over his disease. But the “greeting every minute as new” as opposed to “getting used to the conditions of my life” seems to be in direct contradiction to the acceptance necessary to get through each day. I understand the concept and believe that some people live at some deep level of expansiveness that allows them to be grateful for each moment, but . . . to me that sounds like one more expectation of perfection.
I, too, immediately thought of that Carrie Newcomer chorus from “writing you a letter.” Her songs have accompanied me through depression, the death of both parents and what I now know is a chronic illness, my son’s addictions, reminding me that “miracles do happen every shining now and then!’ (“If Not Now”).
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