“Gratitude allowed me to count my blessings, be thankful for my journey, past & present, to fully embrace the people, friendships & beauty around me.”

”Somehow, being alone with God doesn’t seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.” ~TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 60 “It wasn’t unusual for me to talk to God, and myself, about my character defects. But to sit down, face to face, and openly discuss these intimacies with another person was much more difficult. I recognized in the experience, however, a similar relief to the one I had experienced when I first admitted I was an alcoholic. I began to appreciate the spiritual significance of the program, and that this Step was just an introduction to what was yet to come in the remaining seven Steps.”

Adapted from Daily Reflections

Meditation for the Day I must overcome myself before I can truly forgive other people for injuries done to me. The self in me cannot forgive injuries. The very thought of wrongs means that myself is in the foreground. Since the self cannot forgive, I must overcome my selfishness. I must cease trying to forgive those who fretted and wronged me. It is a mistake for me even to think about these injuries. I must aim at overcoming myself in my daily life and then I will find there is nothing in me that remembers injury, because the only thing injured, my selfishness, is gone. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may hold no resentments. I pray that my mind may be washed clean of all past hates and fears.

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