I have heard, probably most of my life, “You gotta do this.” “You gotta do that.” “You have to do this or that” even in AA. “You have to do this or that or you will get drunk.” When I hear that I Gots to do something, I instinctively pull back and maybe rebel. I am one of the fortunate members of this organization who has had more than one instance happening where, when I got out of a situation, I thought “Why am I even alive?” We used to call it living on borrowed time.
Therefore, since I, under many similar circumstances, could very well be dead, I am blessed to be able to do or not do ANYthing. So I now GETS to do something. I don’t GOTS to do anything. MAY do something not HAVE to do something. Since I didn’t drink or drug today, I have a choice today in everything. I am not put into a situation where I MUST do something. When I think of whatever challenges that I may have today, I quickly know that I am truly blessed to be able to CHOOSE what to do or not do. It is all about semantics, but then so is much of the program.
When I go into a venture with a positive attitude, I am assured that the right thing is going to happen. The Law of Attraction explains this. It may not be something that pleases me but it will be the right thing for the occasion. When I enter a venture with a negative attitude, I usually find that if something can go wrong it will. Attitude is not only a large part of anything. It is ALL of everything. What I put into life is what I get out of it. Don’t forget the Law of Attraction and the mirror of life. This means no more Gots to. This means only Gets to!