Many of us living in one day at a time recovery know that gratitude comes when we are well. It’s a part of most people’s lives when stress is low or manageable, and we more than likely are calm, happy, and breathing well. The key is the calm, and the relaxed breathing. When we have the calm and the relaxed breathing, we can have happiness and gratitude. Or we have gratitude and happiness. Very often gratitude and happiness feed into each other. Even if we only have relaxed breathing, we can find a calm from a stressor until our stress becomes manageable. And when stress is managed, one day at a time recovery brings us into the moment which is calm accompanied by easy breaths. We become happy and grateful. It’s more than an attitude. It requires action. It’s the gift of the calm.
