TOPICS 9/17/25
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1 When, with God’s help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want.
-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 122
Having faith freed me from the bondage of self. As material gains were replaced by the gifts of the spirit, my life became manageable.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
- It is better to be wanted too much than not a all.
—Anonymous
You can handle all this by giving people what they need and ask for, within reason—not what you think they need, which may be way too much. Maybe you need Al-Anon, to learn to love others while taking care of yourself.
GRAPEVINE DAILY QUOTE
- “Nearly all of us, when we think about it, agree that we are a long, long way from being anywhere near grown up, from almost any point of view. We can clearly see that our job as individuals and as a Fellowship is to keep right on growing by the constant use of our Twelve Steps.”
FATHER LEOS MEDITATION
- People Pleasing: My low self-esteem was revealed in the way I would say what I felt you wanted to hear, do what you wanted to do, go where you wanted to go — and for years I missed me. For years I missed my life because I was preoccupied with other people.