My greatest sense of fear is caused by my own unwillingness to feel fear that I carry. Refusing to feel natural inner fear gives it tremendous power over me. Denying my own fear gives it a life of its own. Fear is a basic human feeling, and we all have it. How many of my
Today I understand that the purpose of forgiving is to release my own mind from the pain of held resentment. I do not forgive someone today because it is what nice people do. I forgive because it sets my mind free for other things – like living happily in the present. This is not to
Grace can evidence itself in the way I deal with my spouse, my children, those I work with and even my inner thoughts. When I manipulate my feelings to be “better
Today I will open myself to healing in my relationships. So much of life depends on the quality of intimacy with myself and so much of the quality of my intimacy is the quality of my relationships. It is synergistic. As my relationship with myself and my Higher Power gets better, my other relationships grow.
I will observe myself in action the next time I find myself being excessively critical of others. Being critical of other people’s business comes from comparing myself to them; from a misguided attempt to justify my own position by invalidating theirs. That only overwhelms me and makes me unable to accomplish what suits my own
Today I recognize that I must have a self before I can lose a self. In the process of development, children harden their boundaries first before they make choices about where to soften them. In recovery the same process takes place. I reach back and rework areas in my life when I was not allowed
My mind shapes my life. It is my control room, the place from which I navigate the waters of my world. My thoughts have dynamic power. If radio waves can travel on air waves, then surely my thoughts do, too. What I accept as my reality within my mind exists in living particles and may
Today I recognize that all growth requires change, that all change includes risk and that these are scary and difficult. If I am not experiencing discomfort in my feelings, then I am not really changing. Deep meaningful change is hard won; it is not easy. It requires courage and commitment. When I am not willing
My search for selfhood is defined not only by how well I am able to acquire new knowledge, but how well I am able to struggle. Selfhood comes with my ability to sit with deeper and deeper levels of what I already “know