Daily
Reflections reading October 10th
Fix Me, Not You
If
somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also. TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 90
What
a freedom I felt when this passage was pointed out to me! Suddenly I saw that I
could do something about my anger, I could fix me, instead of trying to fix
them. I believe that there are no exceptions to the axiom. When I am angry, my
anger is always self-centered. I must keep reminding myself that I am human,
that I am doing the best I can, even when that best is sometimes poor. So I ask
God to remove my anger and truly set me free.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on October 10th
Reading
Fix Me Not You this thought brings me to
continue to take my personal inventory and continue to set right any new
mistakes as I do this inventory I constantly have to remember it not about
taken inventories of others but of just of myself
Learning this new way of living by
cleaning up my past, I truly entered a world of spiritual well being now I had
to grow in understanding my faults by being truthful with myself, this sure was
not an overnight matter, it would have to continue as my daily routine
I always need to watch for selfishness,
dishonesty, resentment, and fear, when these come up I have to be prepared and
these feeling will always come up seemingly out of nowhere, I have to remember
to ask God to remove them when I see them creeping back into my thoughts
I usually will taking them over someone,
then I would make amends quickly if I had harmed anyone when this stuff comes
into my life I found it to be very helpful for me to reach out of myself to
help others, Dr Bob did say "Love and tolerance of others is our code.”
Today I try to carry God's will into all
of my affairs, always remembering it is His will not mine to be done, today
this is second nature to me, when I worked the first nine steps into my life I
stopped trying to use my will power in things, will power got me to the halls
because it was useless
Step ten, suggested I continue to take my
own personal inventory and leave the inventories of others to themselves this
personal inventory is like a searchlight constantly going over each event in my
life as they unfold in my daily thoughts
My personal inventory is needed so
resentments can't build up and fear can't get back into my life fixing me is
about all I can do and even this I can not do with out the help of God, my
sponsor and all the people who share in meetings
This is staying spiritual well and
staying well is much easier than getting well all over again, I continue to set
right any mistakes as I live life I keep this way of living to keep my past and
my future cleaned up daily making right the wrongs of my day making amends as
needed
God bless you AL M
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