“There's a part of me that still likes to be in charge.”

Three readings. A song that says the rest. And inspiration for whatever this day is here to teach.

A lone surfer riding inside a great curling wave

Read — the readings that opened the day

A Deep Breath of Life

Alan Cohen

Our body is always sending us messages about what is happening with our spirit. Just as we shut down on seeing or hearing when we don't want to see or hear what's happening in our physical world, we can restore our health by making a new decision to see and hear through God's eyes and ears. Today, I can affirm that Your will for me is perfect health and happiness. I open my heart to accept Your gifts and to magnify Your love.

Adapted from A Deep Breath of Life

Giving It Away

The 12 Steps open the door to transference of power, through which God, as I understand Him, enters my life. Through prayer and meditations, I open channels to establish and improve my conscious contact with God. Through action I then receive the power I need to maintain my sobriety each day. Maintaining my spiritual condition by giving away what has been so freely given to me, I am granted a daily reprieve.

Adapted from Daily Reflections

Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Meditation for the Day “The laws of nature cannot be changed and must be obeyed if you are to stay healthy. No exceptions will be made in your case. Submit to the laws of nature or they will finally break you. And in the realm of the spirit, in all human relationships, submit to the moral laws and to the will of God. If you continue to break the laws of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love, you will be broken to some extent yourself. The moral and spiritual laws of God, like the laws of nature, are unbreakable without some disaster. If you are dishonest, impure, selfish, and unloving, you will not be living according to the laws of the spirit and you will suffer the consequences. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may submit to the laws of nature and to the laws of God. I pray that I may live in harmony with all the laws of life.”

Reflect — Steve L.'s own words

Taking the crowded Tube through the city of London with my grandkids, it struck me how precise and orderly everything was. The maps posted showed all of the stops. Baker Street, Westminster, Covent Gardens - these famous stops flashed back when I was last here with my parents in 1993 with my brother & my 2 sons. I was in the fashion & sunglass business; the glamour of The Savoy and memories of the plays in the West End came back. Am I really back here again, visiting my son's family? Yes. But, How??

My daughter-in-law had purchased 4 tickets for the play WICKED.

Walking into the theatre, we looked at the historical plaque showing all of the famous plays that had opened there. I looked on the list & Starlight Express was here running from 1984-2002. How can that be? It's the same theatre my family and I went to in 1993!

Maybe there’s a reason things work out the way they do? Maybe there’s a Force of Nature, a Loving Wonderful Higher Power and Spirit available? There must be a Love present! Slowly, I am still being convinced. There's a part of me that still likes to be in charge.

Thanks for showing me how to continue to let go of my control & desire to manage well. Perhaps there's a better way!

I think I’ll keep learning to let Love reign o’er me!

Places Along the Way