I’m grateful for balance and for feeling centered even when things change. I’m grateful for calm and peace. I’m grateful to see how much fear warped my life. I’m grateful for excursions and adventures. I’m grateful to have the regular coffee back. I’m grateful to be sober today.
Happy Friday. This is going to be brief because there is a lot of work piling up here at Gratitude Central. I was talking with a friend the other morning and I was talking about the way people had showed up in my life after I moved here to NY and I’m sorry, there is just no way to account for everything that happened without adding some kind of Universe-meddling into the mix. That’s probably the wrong way to say it; It’s not really the Universe meddling in my affairs (I think that was one of the things I was trying to prevent with my drinking), it’s what happens when I finally connected in the right way.
I realized yesterday that I needed to add an item or two to my list of what I think I know about God.1 My list already included this2:
God will put people in my life unexpectedly and for reasons that aren’t always clear to me. They will leave in the same way.
I would like to add this, and it’s connected but a little different:
God will find the right people to get the message through to me.
Yes, yes—the Liner Notes are coming and so is Episode XX of Breakfast with an Alcoholic!!3
Thanks for Letting Me Share
Yes, I realize I probably actually know nothing about God, but that does not leave us much to talk about.
The complete list is here:
I know, I can’t believe it either!
I have to admit that I kind of like the idea of "universe meddling" -- it's comforting. I mean, my best thinking got me to a point where I needed a 12-Step program, right? It's good to know something bigger and wiser has my back; thank god I'm not on my own.
But I also think of it as: God has been there all along. Whether or not I've believed. Whether or not I've recognized that presence. Wherever I went, whatever I did, God was there. (God is still here.) It's another level of that comfort.