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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