Saturday, June 30, 2012

June 30, 2012 - Just for Today

Just for Today
Saturday, June 30, 2012

"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." - Step Eleven

"As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many time each day, "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. We become much more efficient." - Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, 1976, Ch 6 ("Into Action"), pp 87-8.

Just for today, let me understand that the 11th Step is the logical extension of Step 3 - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." In handing off to my Higher Power my self-will and entire life, it is then proper that I begin each day and take on any problem by asking through prayer and meditation what His will is for me instead of plunging into the habit of doing it MY way. As the Big Book points out, MY way generated anger, fear, worry and self-pity, and a host of other destructive feelings. Today, I can do without them, and an "easier, softer way" is to let a HP who is stronger and wiser than me call the shots. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012

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