Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. — Henry David Thoreau
The wisdom of hope in the face of trouble is a fundamental principle of the spiritual path. We expect to have problems, and we’ve already come through many of them. Our problems haven’t dashed our hopes. Our awakening in the spiritual life means that even in the darkest night, we can expect that dawn always comes. We have problems, we respond to them, and things get better.
Our spirituality shows us how to have serenity in the face of risk. We accept the darkness because it is inevitable, but we are not defeated by it. We rise above it with our trust in our Higher Power to lead us toward the inevitable light.
Today, my awakening means I trust in a Higher Power to lead me to a better future.
Hazelden Foundation
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