“With today’s readings, a wonderful memory came to mind.”

Sometimes, our inner committees express their distress, firing up the subway for a frantic rush hour. Contemplation liberates me from being a prisoner of my trains of thoughts & feelings; it helps me to realize that I am not my thoughts & feelings; to accept that these inner reactions and negotiations are happening to me.\n\nOften, without my consent, like digestion, fatigue or laughter, it happens.\n\nIn the stillness, new insights, comfort & ways of being arise. If stepping off the train is letting go; if dwelling in the stillness is letting be; receiving these gifts is letting Him come. With this gift, I experience a kind of liberation, a setting free.

Adapted from Emotional Equilibrium

Meditation for the Day Do not dwell too much on the mistakes, faults & failures of the past. Be done with shame, remorse and contempt for yourself. With God's help, develop a new self-respect. Unless you respect yourself, others will not respect you. You ran a race, you stumbled and fell, you have risen again, and now you press on toward the goal of a better life. Do not stay to examine the spot where you fell; let go of the shortsightedness that prevented you from seeing the real goal sooner. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may not look back and be stuck in my shame. With Your help, God, I pray I may have the strength to pick myself up to make a fresh start each day.

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