Some more things I do not miss since becoming dry: wondering if the car is in the garage and how I got home; struggling to remember where I was and what I did since my last conscious moment; trying to delay getting off to work, and wondering how I will look when I get there; dreading the day ahead of me. I'm quite sure that I don't miss these things, am I not?
Meditation for the Day ~
You cannot believe in God and keep your selfish ways. The old self shrivels up and dies, and upon the re-born soul God's image becomes stamped. The gradual elimination of selfishness in the growth of love for God and your fellow human beings is the goal of life. At first, you have only a faint likeness to the Divine, but the picture grows and takes on more and more of the likeness of God until those who see you can see in you some of the power of God's grace at work in a human life.
Prayer for the Day ~
I pray that I may develop that faint likeness I have to the Divine. I pray that others may see in me some of the power of God's grace at work.
Hazelden
(Let it be a God or Higher Power of your own understanding)
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It is so refreshing to see your spiritual meditation. thanks. I read the 24 hour a day book every morning which is a Hazelton, not aa approved literature, book but it has a good aa and spiritual message that is what i need in addition to my prayers. john n.
Your post is a great reminder that prayers are to be spoken from the heart rather than the lips. Too often it is easy to recite the words....... It is humbling to meditate upon them and think carefully of their meaning/message. Thanks. Wanda
Thanks for your kinds words both of you. Maybe tis only a matter of time before tis approved as it carries such a strong message & support for A.A. I've really struggled between my head & my heart lately. Probably always have. It's about honesty isn't it & the difficulty we can have with learning. Especially me. Contradictions fuzzle me & I can lose my way. Apparently prayer is a good route to losing our self~will. I'm still trying to learn the difference between self~will & responsibility. I feel still new to Recovery. In A.A. for just under 10months. Sober (or dry@least!) for 8. Learning to pray every night is still to become habitual & learning God's will for me.. Well isn't that the challenge!
"God please grant me the Serenity to Accept the things I Cannot Change, Courage to Change the things I Can & the Wisdom to Know the Difference.."
Danielle x
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