Suit Up And Show Up

“In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety — we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us. This is the ultimate demonstration toward which Twelfth Step work is the first but not the final step.  As Bill Sees It, p. 21

The old line says, "Suit up and show up," That action is so important that I like to think of it as my motto. I can choose each day to suit up and show up, or not. Showing up at meetings starts me toward feeling a part of that meeting, for then I can do what I say I'll do at meetings. I can talk with newcomers, and I can share my experience; that's what credibility, honesty, and courtesy really are. Suiting up and showing up are the concrete actions I take in my ongoing return to normal living.”  From the book Daily Reflections

I do suit up and show up for my life today by striving to live mindfully in the moment all throughout the day by not worrying about the future nor getting stuck in morbid reflection of the past.

I am grateful for my progress towards living my life when and as it happens.  It is far from perfect, but still miraculously better than how it used to be.