“An unsuspected inner resource has blossomed; it’s the vital sixth sense, in place of a life built on self-reliance, developed from surrender, inventories, and working with others that, each day, has given me new life.”

“…we need to take action where we can make a difference. We cannot blame God for every bad thing that happens - or simply wait for God to provide all the good we want. Do we see the power we do have to influence our lives? Can we give up our resentments against God for bad things that have happened? I am grateful for what God has given me and more aware of what I can do.

Adapted from Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations©1986, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.

Thought for the Day I'm grateful that I’ve been shown the way to faith in a Higher Power, because the renewing of that faith has changed my way of life. And I've found a happiness and contentment that I had forgotten existed, by simply believing in God and trying to live the kind of a life that I know He wants me to live. As long as I stay grateful, I'll stay sober. Am I in a grateful frame of mind? Meditation for the Day God can work through you better when you are not hurrying. Go very slowly, very quietly, from one duty to the next, taking time to rest and pray between. Do not be too busy. Take everything in order. Venture often into the rest of God and you will find peace. All work that results from resting with God is good work. Claim the power to work miracles in human lives. Know that you can do many things through the Higher Power. Know that you can do good things through God who rests you and gives you strength. Partake regularly of rest and prayer. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may not be in too much of a hurry. I pray that I may take time out often to rest with God.

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