Friday, December 18, 2020

Dec. 18, 2020 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 

Friday, Dec. 18, 2020

Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Reflection for the Day

Slowly, but surely, I’m becoming able to accept other people’s faults as well as their virtues. The program is teaching me to “always love the best in others—and never fear their worst.” This is hardly an easy transition from my old way of thinking, but I’m beginning to see that all people—including myself—are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong.

Am I approaching true tolerance? Am I beginning to see what real love actually means?

Today I Pray

May my Higher Power give me tolerance for any shortcomings or sick symptoms or insensitivities of others, so that I can love the qualities that are good in them. Higher Power, instruct me in the truest meaning of love—which must also include patience. May I not overlook the faults of those I love, but may I try to understand them.

Today I Will Remember

Love is understanding.

Hazelden Foundation

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