TOPICS 8/9/25đź’Ś
DAILY REFLECTIONSÂ
1) …and became willing to make amends to them all.”
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77
It is well for me to contemplate a small, but very significant, two-letter word every time the Lord’s Prayer is said. The word is as. I ask, “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” In this case, as means, “in the same manner.” I am asking to be forgiven in the same manner that I forgive others. As I say this portion of the prayer, if I am harboring hatred or resentment, I am inviting more resentment, when I should be calling on the spirit of forgiveness.
2) TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAYÂ
We have an allergy to alcohol. The action of alcohol on chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy. We allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all. We cannot be reconciled to a life without alcohol, unless we can experience an entire psychic change. Once this psychic change has occurred, we who seemed doomed, we who had so many problems that we despaired of ever solving them, find ourselves able to control our desire for alcohol.” Have I had a psychic change?
GRAPEVINE DAILY QUOTE
3) The question arises just what constitutes an amend. Many of us find that the old rationalization, “If I stay sober, that’s amends enough to those I have hurt” just doesn’t work. We have to be willing to go further.
DAYS OF HEALING DAYS OF JOYÂ
4) Others treat us the way we invite them to treat us. – Barb H
Coping with stress is a lot more difficult than preventing it in the first place.Â
Giving all our time away is foolish, not virtuous. We can only expect others to respect our limitations if we are clear about our boundaries.Â
To stay healthy, we need to avoid, or at least limit, involvement in all unnecessary aggravations.
I will demand the time I need each day for myself.