during "Crisis Times"
Floyd H.,1998
(Every moment you feel anxious, bored, restless, irritable, discontent, take this out and read it. Some days in the past, I read it a hundred times. Peace will come if you keep using this tool. In fact, try reading it daily, in or out of crisis, and see what happens in your life!)
*I will leave the care of ____, ____, and ____ in the more capable hands of God.
*I release _____ and her/his future to God.
*I release my child/children to God, the real Parent of all our children (and us).
*I will have no expectations.
*I will make no demands.
*What I resist persists.
*I will cease fighting anybody or anything--I will resist nothing.
*I do not have the power to drive anyone crazy. Each is responsible for doing the work necessary for peace of mind.
*I do not have the power to make anyone stay, or go.
*I do not have the power to make anyone happy or miserable.
*I will love all, even those whose behavior I do not like.
*My goal is peace (of mind).
*My function is to forgive.
*After that, my function is to refuse to judge so that I do not have to forgive.
*There is a rhythm in the universe; I will move to that rhythm. I will relax and take it easy--right now. I will be the water and just flow.
*I am not God, so I do not know what is good or what is bad. In fact, everything just IS, and what IS right now will work out in the future.
*God will take charge only when I stop trying to be the protector or the director.
*I wish for others what I wish for myself--and more.
*I will not seek love; I will just love.
*The present moment is a wonderful moment. Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I KNOW each micro-second is a wonderful moment.
*I will THINK LESS. The past is gone. The future is not yet here. The past is only an IMAGE in my mind of the way I thought it was--and it wasn't really that way. The future is an IMAGE in my mind of the way I imagine things will be, as if I have THAT capability. HA! I will not allow my thoughts and feelings to be controlled by IMAGES (illusions) that are not even real.
*Everything really is going to be OK.