TOPICS – October 6
1) Daily Reflections:
FACING OURSELVES..
. . . . and Fear says, “You dare not look!”
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49
How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I have been sober for some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what appears to be a monumental job, such as a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself? What I discover after I have arrived at the other side–when my inventory is completed–is that the illusion was greater than the reality. 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.
2) Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may believe that God can change me. I pray that I may be always willing to change for the better.
3) Keep It Simple
Working the Twelve Steps helps us learn the truth. As we struggle with Step Four, we learn the truth about ourselves. We learn even more about ourselves by doing Steps Eight and Ten. When we admit the truth about ourselves, things come into focus. Big changes happen. As a result, we can see other people more clearly. We see bad sides in people we thought were perfect. We see good sides in people we don’t like. We start to know that everyone has to work hard to find what’s right for them. No one knows all the answers. In short, we begin to trust others who also are looking for the truth.
4) Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put into that action!
–Mother Teresa