Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. — August Wilson
We human beings are a mixed bag. We have good traits and bad, and sometimes they’re intertwined. Step Five asks us to discern “the exact nature of our wrongs” and admit them to ourselves, to our Higher Power, and to another human being. That may feel daunting, but here’s the good news: if we truly explore the nature of those wrongs, we can eventually forgive ourselves with full knowledge of them. But if we hold back, unwilling to wrestle with those demons, how can we grant ourselves full forgiveness?
Confronting those truths helps clear the static. And that’s when we can hear our angels sing. Maybe they’re what Abraham Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature”: the self we can be if we choose.
Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, I’m willing to wrestle with my demons. Help me listen for my angels too.
Action for the Day
If I’m having trouble discerning the exact nature of my wrongs, I’ll ask my sponsor for help.
Hazelden Foundation
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