“Everyone had a different story, yet all were the same.”

In our recovery we often discover although we are not exactly like everyone else, we are more like them than different. It's okay to be like others; it's comforting, too. Accepting this, we grow fully into the person we were meant to be, and we discover the joy of true friendships, with ourselves and with others. Today, I give thanks for the guidance of my Higher Power in developing a realistic and comfortable self-image.

In service to our Higher Power we receive purpose and healing. And in loving, we feel loved. When we feel bottled up, depressed, or self-involved, we reach out and find someone to love. There is no lack of people and groups needing love, and as we extend service to them, we will find our own healing. Today, I pray to be lifted out of my self-involvement, that I may know the joys and blessings of Your Love and true service.

Meditation for the Day “I know that the vision and power that I receive from God are limitless, as far as spiritual things are concerned. But in temporal and material things, I must submit to my limitations. I cannot see the road ahead, but I must go just one step at a time, because God does not grant me a longer view. Although I am in uncharted waters, limited by my temporal and spatial life, I open my heart and acknowledge an unlimited Universe in my spiritual life. Prayer for the Day I pray that, despite material limitations, I may follow God's way. I pray that I may learn that trying to do His will is perfect freedom.”