“Who the hell am I now that I’m drinking coffee out of Styrofoam cups with strange people, in rooms where the curtains don’t even match?”

“Who am I? I am not my name, which could change. I am not a husband or wife only; my identity goes far beyond my relationship. I am not my bank account, which rises and falls. I am not my house, from which I come and go. I am not my job, which is temporary. I am not my emotions, which wax and wane. I am not my religion, which is a mutable belief system. I am not my body; some people have body parts removed, and they are still a whole person. I am not even my thoughts, which vacillate and turn in all directions! If I am not any of these things that I commonly identify with, who am I? I am a spiritual being; any other identity detracts from the majesty of my true essence. Deep within each of us is Spirit; to share love and to fully live. Thank you God for showing and teaching me who I truly am; to let go of All false beliefs about myself, that the truest essence of my being may shine in all its splendor.”

“We can never become entirely unselfish. But we can come to realize that we are not at the center of the universe; that everything does not revolve around us, that I am only one cell in a vast network of human cells. Help me make the effort to conquer the self-life; to seek daily to obtain more and more of this self-conquest. Prayer for the Day Today, help me continue to turn over my selfish desires, my self-centeredness and myself; to strive to overcome my selfishness; that I may achieve the right perspective of my true position in the world.”