“So I did Step 3, and my life has never been the same.”

Some mornings we wake with anxiety, fretting over the future or the state of our lives. Our fears for our safety and well-being may be based more on habit than reality, and our desires for control only feed frustration. To restore calm, we can turn to the care of our Higher Power. In our deep meditation, we take a few minutes alone in a quiet, undisturbed, and safe place. We can breathe slowly & deeply; we allow our Higher Power to hold us. Looking back at our journey, I will take time to affirm the Love & Grace of my Higher Power. Today, I open further to His care, I give thanks that all will be well.”

Adapted from Stepping Stones: More Daily Meditations©2005 by Hazelden Foundation.

“This deep peace one wants can only be based on the persistent and peculiarly human longing to connect with something larger than ourselves the – universal consciousness into which the self as a separate entity merges.”

Adapted from The End of the Seeking

“Abandoning all desires, acting without craving, free from all thoughts of “I” and “mine,” that man finds utter peace.”

Adapted from Bhagavad Gita, ”The Practice of Yoga, Sutra 2:71.

Meditation for the Day “Only a few more steps and then God's power shall be seen and known in my life. I am now walking in darkness, surrounded by the limitations of space and time. But even in this darkness, I can have faith and can be a light to guide feet that are afraid. I believe that God's power will break through the darkness and my prayers will pierce even to the ears of God Himself. But only a cry from the heart, a trusting cry, ever pierces that darkness and reaches to the divine ear of God. Prayer for the Day I pray that the divine power of God will help my human weakness. I pray that my prayer may reach through the darkness to the ear of God.”

Adapted from Twenty-Four Hours a Day© 1975, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.