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JANUARY 1

NEW BEGINNINGS

THE FOUR POINTS OF BALANCE

“It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings.”

Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha

Today is a new beginning for me, and I want to take a moment to contemplate what that means.

The four points of balance are physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual—and today I am learning new tools and techniques to help me with each one of these elements of my life and my recovery. As I begin this book of meditations for pain recovery, I’m aware that I don’t expect to become pain-free—my expectations are that if I apply the tools of my program of recovery to each of the points of balance, my life can be restored to a manageable state of sanity, provided I do the work. With the help of my higher power, may this new beginning be an auspicious one.

I’m addressing my thoughts, feelings, spirituality, relationships, and behaviors in a new way today; without abusing pain medications, I am changing my relationship with myself and my physical pain.