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DAILY REFLECTIONSÂ
1) A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have.
-12 & 12, p.75
EACH DAY A NEW BEGINNING
2) I have listened to the realm of the Spirit. I have heard my own soul’s voice, and I have remembered that love is the complete and unifying thread of existence.
—Mary Casey
We no longer wish to conquer or dominate those whom we love. And our love for one increases our capacity for loving others. Love heals another, and love heals ourselves, both giving it and receiving it.
Love from another acknowledges our existence, assuring us that we do count, that someone else values our presence. It is human to need these reminders, these assurances. But our need for them is lessened each time we acknowledge another person in our midst.
FATHER LEO’S DAILY MEDITATIONÂ
3)“The foolish and the dead never change their opinion.”
–James Russell Lowell
Part of my understanding of spirituality is that I will change. I will change my mind, my attitude and my opinion. My understanding of sobriety is that I will grow, grow in an understanding of myself, grow in an understanding of God’s will for me, and grow in an understanding of other people. Today I am not afraid to change my thinking about life
During my years as an addict I saw it as weakness to change my mind and opinions. Now I understand that I was afraid of change, afraid not to have an answer.
In treatment I learned how to understand spirituality as reality; seeing things as they are, rather than how I wanted them to be. I began to accept that life is about change and that truth is a process that we evolve towards.
A DAY AT A TIMEÂ
4) Someone once defined the ego as “the sum total of false ideas about myself.” Persistent reworking of the Twelve Steps enables me to gradually strip away my false ideas about myself.
This permits a steady growth in my understanding of the truth about myself. And this, in turn, leads to a growing understanding of God and other human beings. Do I strive for self-honesty, promptly admitting?