“I thought walking into AA, my life was over.”

“Perhaps we gain justification by framing ourself as a victim. Yet with every thought of resentment we hold onto, we are digging our own grave. Instead, let us treasure all of the blessings we have gained. *A Course in Miracles reminds us that ‘all that is left of your past is a blessing.’ <acim.org/weekly-thought-2010-jul-25> * Today, God, help me clear away all of the regrets, grudges & disappointments from my consciousness by inviting The spirit of love & forgiveness into my heart. I ask for strength to focus on my blessings, to release the pain I hold onto through the dark spirit of unforgiveness.”

“In order to continue to grow spiritually, we will, happily, always be among the lucky people who need people. For the rest of our lives, we will give to friends and receive from them. We will make progress together. Yet each must welcome the reality that he or she needs, at times, to be alone with only personal thoughts. Such times fill the necessity for prayer and meditation. We can well meditate on the wonderful world of gratitude, love, honesty, open-mindedness, willingness, and other elements of spiritual progress. I must be like a ship's captain who constantly consults instruments to make sure I am properly on course. My ‘instruments’ are other people. What they teach me is what feeds my meditations when I am alone. That way I am never alone.”

Meditation for the Day “When Eternal Thought expresses itself within the framework of space & time, it becomes matter. Our thoughts, within the box of space & time, cannot know anything firsthand, except for material things. But we can deduce that outside the box of space & time is Eternal Thought, which we can call God. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may be a true expression of Eternal Thought. I pray that God's thoughts may work through my thoughts.”