~SPIRITUAL~ A DAY AT A TIME

01/09 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY

In the past, and sometimes even now, I automatically have thought, "Why me?", when I'm trying to learn that my first problem is to accept my present cir****tances as they are, myself as I am and the people around me as they are.  Just as I finally accepted my powerlessness over my addiction, so must I accept my powerlessness over people, places and things.  AM I LEARNING TO ACCEPT LIFE ON LIFE'S TERMS?

TODAY I PRAY
May I learn to control my urge to control, my compulsion to manage, neaten, organize and label the lives of others.  May I learn to accept situations and people as they are instead of as I would like them to be.  Thus, may I do away with the ongoing frustrations that a controlling person, by nature, faces continually.  May I be entirely ready to have God remove this defect of character.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Control for the controller (me).