TOPICS 10/6/25
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1)… and Fear says, “You dare not look!”
-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49
The fear of facing myself kept me at a standstill and, until I became willing to put pencil to paper, I was arresting my growth based on an intangible.
—MARK HOUSTON
2) “Some folks confuse kindness with people-pleasing. Kindness is sacred; it comes from God. People-pleasing comes from fear. One nourishes your spirit, the other drains it dry. The Big Book says we have ceased fighting anything or anyone—even ourselves. That doesn’t mean we roll over and nod politely; it means we stop playing the social chess game that kept us in bondage.”
3) Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.”
– Hannah Arendt
a moment of sanity was granted me whereby I understood that I was not responsible for being alcoholic, but that I am responsible for my recovery. And my recovery involves a love and respect of self. This knowledge brought a tremendous joy and freedom that led to action within the recovering community. Only by loving me will I be able to love you, and in both these ways I show my love of God.
EACH DAY A NEW BEGINNING
4)Many people are living in an emotional jail without recognizing it.
–Virginia Satir
Each of us is blessed with an internal guide, a source able to direct our actions if we but acknowledge it. Never are we in doubt for long about what path to take. The courage to take it might not be immediately forthcoming; however, it, too, is one of the gifts with which we’ve been blessed. Courage is ours for the asking. Right direction is ours for the taking.