![]() More importantly, they help us become the women we long to be. Stepping forward as the leading lady, with our own script in hand is quite a change, but one we are being coached, daily, to make. Before recovery, many of us passively waited for others to orchestrate our behavior, our feelings, and our attitudes. Trusting our inner selves takes practice, followed by attention to the results of our risks. The courage to take it might not be immediately forthcoming however, it, too, is one of the gifts with which we’ve been blessed. Never are we in doubt for long about what path to take. Many people are living in an emotional jail without recognizing it.Įach of us is blessed with an internal guide, a source able to direct our actions if we but acknowledge it. Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me clearly see myself and others.Īction for the Day: Today, I’ll think about how doing Step Ten keeps me clear about what’s going on in my life. In short, we begin to trust others also who also are looking for the truth. We start to know that everyone has to work hard to find what’s right for them. We see bad sides in people we thought were prefect. Big changes happen.Īs a result, we can see other people more clearly. When we admit the truth about ourselves, things come into focus. We learn even more about ourselves by doing Steps Eight and Ten. As we struggle with Step Four, we learn the truth about ourselves. Working the Twelve Steps helps us learn the truth. If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people. I have a right to judge everything by results. I’ll be careful to look at all the facts in connection with any idea presented today. We will be even less inclined to do so when we look at the results they’re getting from their resentments, Evaluating ideas “by their fruits” is a good test. some people may invite us to share their resentments, for example, but we have no obligation to do so. We should always be wary of ideas that go counter to the basic principles of our program. We would not take investment advice, for example, from someone who had repeatedly lost money. If somebody has suggestions or advice, we might ask how well such ideas are working out for them. We can apply that same statement to new ideas as they appear in our lives. Its life-changing work has won consistent praise and has had continuous success ever since it became known to the public. It does not lighten our burden when we recklessly make the crosses of others heavy.Īn old saying reminds us that the value of any spiritual effort can be measured by how well it work: “A good tree is known by its fruits.”īy that standard, the 12 Step movement fares very well. We cannot, for example, unload a detailed account of extramarital adventuring upon the shoulders of our unsuspecting wife or husband. ![]() That will arise where a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends. Only one consideration should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of the damage we have done. ![]() I pray that I may be always willing to be changed for the better. I pray that I may believe that God can change me. When in real gratitude and true humility we turn to Him. ![]() God will not fail to show us the way we should live. Our faith in all Unseen God will be rewarded by a useful and serviceable life. We should cling to faith in God and in His power to change our faith in God and in His power to change our ways. What we can see clearly is the change in a human being, when he sincerely asks God for the strength to change. Since we cannot see God, we must believe in Him without seeing. The Unseen God can help to make us truly grateful and humble. Do I realize that no one person is essential? Do I know that A.A. Am I reluctant to give up authority? Do I try to carry the load for the whole group? If so, I am not being fair to the newer members. group is the development of new members to carry on, to take over, from the older members. Is it my desire to be a big shot in A.A.? Do I always want to be up front in the limelight? Do I feel that nobody else can do as good a job as I can? Or am I willing to take a seat in the back row once in a while and let somebody else carry the ball? Part of the effectiveness of any A.A. 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. 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. ![]()
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