. . . in order to feel anything you need strength . . .
—Anna Maria Ortese
Strength for any task, to withstand any pressure, to find the solution to any problem, is always as close as our very breath. We expend all our energy, wearing ourselves down, even getting sick from worry when we fail to turn to the source of strength that is ours for the taking.
We are offered, moment-by-moment, opportunities to experience the rapture of life. We have the chance, with recovery, to trust our senses, to turn ourselves over to the moment, knowing we can survive every experience, knowing we are guaranteed new knowledge, a greater awareness of the meaning of our own lives when we're fully attuned to the experiences that are uniquely our own, right here, right now.
Our strength increases as we flex it, not unlike muscles. The more we turn to that greater power, the more available that source of strength becomes. With practice, it becomes habitual to let God help us withstand all pressures, solve every problem. In time, the pressures and problems seem to exist no more. We learn to let our higher power circumvent the difficulties in our lives. Free at last, we become free at last to feel the real joys of living.
All the strength I need to face anything that's worrying me is at hand. I will let go and let God help me today.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
You cannot plan the future by the past.---Edmund Burke
We got tried of how we were living. We honestly looked at our life. We saw that alcohol and other drugs controlled our life. We met others who understood us. And we came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could help us. We turned our will and our life over to this Power. In so doing, we learned that life doesn't take place in the past or in the future. We find our program in the present.
Prayer for the Day: I pray that I'll leave the past in the past. I pray that I'll walk into each moment with my Higher Power.
Action for the Day: The only time we revisit the past is when we tell our story. Today, I'll tell my story to someone. I'll tell what really happened. I'll tell what life is like now.
Anonymity is leading me to a fully human life.
The long form of the Twelfth Tradition describes
the end to which the Steps are leading me.
They put me in my place by setting forth a genuine humility --
not a self-hating groveling, but rather an honest and loving
relationship with a Higher Power who loves me. Once this is established,
I am free to relate to other people out of the love and inner security
that renders my overinflated ego superfluous.
- Thank You For Sharing, p. 112
Thought to Ponder . . .
Take a walk with your Higher Power. He/She will meet you at the Steps.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Adventurers Anonymous.
Daily Motivation
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