Daily
Reflections reading November 10th
A Sense Of Belonging
Perhaps
one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging
that comes to us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105
That’s
what it is – belonging! After a session of meditation I knew that the feeling I
was experiencing was a sense of belonging because I was so relaxed. I felt
quieter inside, more willing to discard little irritations. I appreciated my
sense of humor. What I also experience in my daily practice is the sheer
pleasure of belonging to the creative flow of God’s world. How propitious for
us that prayer and meditation are written right into our A.A. way of life.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on November 10th Reading
Well now it used to be all about ME ME ME,
but I have learned that I was my worst enemy, I had to find the honesty to
accept the truth about me and make the amends to all, glad I was told that God
does not make Junk, but I sure did make Junk out of what He gave me
What makes me a better person is taken
care of myself, with the gift of the 12 steps and fellowship, our common bond
is recovering from a disease of, the mind, body, and soul, with Gods help, to
be able to functions as a human being with out the use of alcohol, or my false
EGO
Because we all share this common bond, I
now have a sense of belonging to a group of people who are just like me, prayer
and meditation has given my the faith to follow those who came before me, the
love of these people and help of these people gave me that sense of belonging
I an no longer alone in my head and
thoughts, I am no longer a victim of myself or anyone else, because others
showed me the way out, I have real friends today who care about me and are
willing to help me day or night
This bond goes both ways, today I can be
there for others who are hurting like I was, because of people like you, I
learned when I was and when I was not the victim of things, most of the time I
was the one to victimize you and all around me to get my own selfish ways
Until AA I do not think I had any freedom
from myself, no real feeling about how to live today, I have the freedom to
choose how I want to live and have a choice every morning, I became willing to
change myself and accept my part of the mess I caused in my disease
I
did need to clean up the wreckage of my past and I sure had a big street to
clean, I learned not to blaming others for what I did, or allowed others to
blame me, I have the freedom to accept my life, turning my will over to Gods
care
Gave me the freedom to enjoy the time I
have left to do His will for me and to practice these steps in all my affairs,
trying to give back what was so freely given to me, is about all I can do in my
recovery I can now show people how I had to walk thru my fears and hopelessness
to find a way of life
I stay focused on what God in His grace
has given me, I show my gratitude by helping others and by taken care of myself
and my spiritual fitness, sharing with all who I meet in recovery, I try to
give others a sense that they to belong and are not alone
Fear and loneliness disappears when we
accept help and learn the 12 steps, becoming open minded to Gods grace and all
He can do, we all had to face the truth about our disease and had to accept we
can not change our behaviors on our own resources
We need the fellowship and all the
wonderful saying, books, steps, meetings, sponsor, to guide us and teach us the
right way to follow these 12 steps, I had to take an active part in this
program to survive yes I thank God today for this sense of belonging He has
given me in recovery
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