“Gratitude was the topic, and for a minute, I reflected on where this journey in sobriety has brought me.”

In our daily lives we often take a very short perspective. We see what is worrisome today, what is pressing hardest, or what is most frightening or confusing. Let us take a moment now to remember what does endure, what we value most, what counts in the long run. In our quiet time we can let go of all the anxieties of this moment. During these few quiet moments, we will identify our tensions and then place them totally into the hands of our Higher Power. This is our time to let go of our worries and be refreshed. It will provide a background of serenity for our day. Today, help me remember this corner of serenity as I meet the tasks and activities on my path.

“Let It Begin with Me.” Peace of mind depends on recognizing our own shortcomings. An honest personal inventory helps us recognize our strengths and weaknesses. Today, when I identify something I dislike in another, help me look for similar traits within myself and begin to change them. By changing myself, I truly can change the world.”

Many of us have a sort of vision of the kind of person God wants us to be. We must be true to that vision, whatever it is, and we must try to live up to it, by living the way we believe we should live. We can all believe that God has a vision of what he wants us to be like. In all people there is a good person, which God sees in us, the person we could be and that God would like us to be. But many a person fails to fulfill that promise and God's disappointments must be many. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may strive to be the kind of a person that God would have me be. I pray that I may try to fulfill God's vision of what I could be.