Covid, Goblins, Ghosts, and Witches
and other monsters are not needed in one searching for happiness and joy
One thing that Covid, Goblins, Ghosts, and Witches have in common is that they cause fear in many. Fear is mentioned in the AA Big Book after each and every defect of character and shortcoming.
That makes fear the biggest enemy to, first, getting and then keeping happiness and joy. I no longer have a death wish so I don’t waste my time and sobriety in dwelling on when or how I am going to die. I no longer wish or fear death.
Dwelling on any negative thought harms me to my very soul. News organizations make big money reporting, sometimes in a panicked way, the negativity that seems to be everywhere in this world.
This leads to even more thoughtful dwelling on the negativity. I soon figured out that listening to and responding to negativity only added to my own negativity. This, then, led to dangerous thinking.
Everything that exists is born in a thought. From there, positive or negative, it grows. I did not like the thoughts that were going through my mind when I paid close attention to news broadcasts or written journalistic stories.
Negativity led me to no good for too many years. In sobriety, I had heard that, if I worked the program to the best of my ability, I would become Happy, Joyous, and Free.
So, I stopped watching the news and instead occasionally glanced at some headlines so that I was aware of what was going on in the world, but not submerged in it.
Almost immediately, I added immeasurably to my happiness, joy, and personal freedom.
The Serenity Prayer is “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
The Serenity Prayer implores us to change only the things that we can and also asks us to have the wisdom to know the difference. I can only change myself so I no longer wish to languish in the misery of others.
I will try to help anyone with almost anything but I refuse to go into the dumps with anyone. I jumped off that bus a long time ago and never got back on.
What I do is not push anything on anyone who does not ask. I do not tell anyone how to act or what to do to become happy, joyous, and free. I can only tell what I have done and then it is up to them to either do it too or not.
Thank you, God!
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