Daily Reflections reading July
14th
A Nourishing Ingredient
Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity. 12 & 12, p.74
How often do I focus on my problems and frustrations? When I am having a “good day” these same problems shrink in importance and my preoccupation with them dwindles. Wouldn’t it be better if I could find a key to unlock the “magic” of my “good days” for use on the woes of my “bad days?” I already have the solution! Instead of trying to run away from my pain and wish my problems away, I can pray for humility! Humility will heal the pain. Humility will take me out of myself. Humility, that strength granted me by that “power greater than myself,” is mine for the asking! Humility will bring balance back into my life. Humility will allow me to accept my humanness joyously.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on July 14th Reading
Dealing with Self righteous Indignation
can always make me irritable and unreasonable, when fear is in control fight or
flight are my only options, but action talks louder than fear or any other
emotion
If confronted emotion reveals itself as a
mouse rather than a lion a mouse whose terrifying roar is really a little
squeak held up to a microphone, I can get consumed by worry over things I think
I need to do, or decide to do
Consumed by me not my problems when I try
to solve all problems and make all decisions at once all the events can be over
whelming, my fears, my sorrows, my anger over the loss of good health
The loss of my time, loss of someone I
loved very much, yet if I learn to take my own sorrows one by one to look at
them a little at a time, humbly asking for help I can accept all the joys and
sorrows of my life, I can accept anything if taken one at a time,
I never know when a resentment might come
up seemingly out of nowhere, but if I am working this program the steps take
over automatically to begin dealing with the resentment, this gives me the time
to look to God for my answers, I always
try prayer and discuss the problems with
my sponsor, I keep going to meetings and some times share things with my group who
knows someone may have gone where I an headed and they may help me or this may
help
somebody else heal a resentment, healing
resentment can come from any actions I may take even a simple action like
reaching out can work wonders in deflecting an on going resentment
I do not fear the appearance of
resentment because I have a program that has taught me to face all anger, fear,
and resentments, God always shows me the way when I finally ASK HIM with all
the humility I can find
God bless Al M
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