Saturday, August 21, 2021

Aug. 21, 2021 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 

Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021

Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Reflection for the Day

Among the important things we learn in the program is to be good to ourselves. For so many of us, though, this is a surprisingly difficult thing to do. Some of us relish our suffering so much that we balloon each happening to enormous proportions in the reliving and telling. Self-pitiers are drawn to martyrdom as if by a powerful magnet—until the joys of serenity and contentment come to them through the program and Twelve Steps.

Am I gradually learning to be good to myself?

Today I Pray

May I learn to forgive myself. I have asked—and received—forgiveness from my Higher Power and from others, so why is it so hard to forgive myself? Why do I still magnify my suffering?

Today I Will Remember

Why do I go on licking my emotional wounds? May I follow my Higher Power’s forgiving example, get on with the program, and learn to be good to myself.

Hazelden Foundation

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