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Remember Mindfulness – feel your body from top to toes

Adult choices

Personal responsibility is about making the right
choices for the right reasons. It is something that
many people learn naturally through their childhood
and teenage years but which some of us failed to do,
because our addiction got in the way. Children are
naturally driven to seek the most attractive,
pleasurable thing and they learn by trial and error
that, for the sake of their long-term good, a less
attractive option is a better choice. Addicted people
begin sobriety like children in this respect. Instant
gratification is the goal of both. But grown-ups know
better. Have I the maturity to choose wisely between
what I want and what I really need?

Be careful what you wish for. If I become rich, the
attitudes of many towards me will change – some will
be jealous, some contemptuous, some will plot to
steal from me. If I want power or fame, the same sort
of thing will happen. So much unhappiness in the
world is caused by people wanting things they don’t
really need, while ignoring the things they do need,
such as love and peace of mind. Today I