21 February 1984¹

During the past few days I have done much writing and meditating.…But already I can see some patterns that have helped lead to my anxiety. And yesterday I wrote letters to Barbara Hart² and Larry Fitzgerald.

Reading: I finished Weiland this weekend. And yesterday I seriously began The Sentimental Novel in America.

The prayer for today in Twenty-four Hours a Day is “I pray that no emotional upsets will hinder God’s power in my life. I pray that I may keep a calm spirit and a steadfast heart.” ATL has been an emotional upset. But my program gives me tools to use to put this—and all other situations—into perspective. By working the program I will not eliminate emotional upsets, but I will surely lessen them. And when thes upsets come, I can do things besides taking a drink.

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I left my office hours 15 minutes early so I’d have time to run errands and drop by ATL early. In some ways I have much anxiety about going to class. But that, of course, isn’te necessarily because I’m better prepared than I have been and I have some clear ideas about [how] I’m going to approach the subject of subordination and coordination. And,

¹"1984" was added at a later date; not at the time the journal was written.

²"Harte" is the correct spelling for Barbara's last name.

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