~SPIRITUAL~ A DAY AT A TIME

AUGUST 14

REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Step Four enables me to see myself as I really am -- my characteristics, motives, attitudes and actions.  I'm taught in The Program to search out my mistakes resolutely.  Where, for example, had I been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened?  I'm taught, also, that my deeply-rooted habit of self-justification may tempt me to "explain away" each fault as I uncover it, blaming others for my own shortcomings.  WILL I BELIEVE THAT PERSONAL HONESTY CAN ACHIEVE WHAT SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE OFTEN CANNOT?

TODAY I PRAY
May I not make the Fourth Step a once-over-lightly, let's-get-it-over-with exercise in self-appraisal.  May I know that, once I take this Step, I must review it again many times until it becomes like the other eleven, a way of like for me.  May I protect the value of my Fourth Step from my old habit of head-tripping and buck-passing my way out of responsibility.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Personal honesty paves the way to recovery.





THE BELOW READING REALLY MADE ME SMILE.. 
~I LOVE IT!!~ ..THAT WOULD BE THE PROMISES BEING FULFILLED