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TODAY IS 08/08/08  AND I THINK 8 IS MY LUCK NUMBER..
AUGUST 8
REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
As a recovering alcoholic, I have to remind myself that no amount of social acceptance of resentments will take the poison out of them. In a way, the problem of resentments is very much like the drinking prolem. Alcohol is never safe for me, no matter who is offering it. I've attended ****tail receptions for worthy causes, often in a convival atmosphere that makes drinking seem almost harmless. JUST AS I POLITELY BUT ADAMANTLY DECLINE ALCOHOL UNDER ANY CONDITIONS, WILL I ALSO REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESENTMENTS -- NO MATTER WHO IS SERVING THEM?
TODAY I PRAY
When anger, hurt, fear or guilt -- to be socially acceptable -- put on their polite, party manners, dress up as resentment and come in the side door, may I not hobnob with them. These emotions, disguised as they are, can be as full of trickery as the chemicals themselves.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Keep an eye on the side door.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
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