~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME
06/11 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Guilt is a cunning weapon in the armory of the addictive person which continues to lurk patiently inside each of us. We can use the weapon against ourselves in many subtle ways; it can be deftly wielded, for example, in an attempt to convince us that The Program doesn't really work. I have to protect myself constantly against guilt and self-accusations concerning my past. If necessary, I must constantly "re-forgive" myself, accepting myself as a mixture of good as well as bad. AM I STRIVING FOR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS? OR WILL I SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN THE HUMAN IMPOSSIBILITIES OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION?
TODAY I PRAY
May I look inside myself now and then for any slow-burning, leftover guilt which can, when I'm unwary, damage my purpose. May I stop kicking myself and pointing out my own imperfections -- all those lesser qualities which detract from the ideal and "perfect" me. May I no longer try to be unreachably, unhumanly perfect, but just spiritually whole.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I am human -- part good, part not-so-good.
Guilt is a cunning weapon in the armory of the addictive person which continues to lurk patiently inside each of us. We can use the weapon against ourselves in many subtle ways; it can be deftly wielded, for example, in an attempt to convince us that The Program doesn't really work. I have to protect myself constantly against guilt and self-accusations concerning my past. If necessary, I must constantly "re-forgive" myself, accepting myself as a mixture of good as well as bad. AM I STRIVING FOR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS? OR WILL I SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN THE HUMAN IMPOSSIBILITIES OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION?
TODAY I PRAY
May I look inside myself now and then for any slow-burning, leftover guilt which can, when I'm unwary, damage my purpose. May I stop kicking myself and pointing out my own imperfections -- all those lesser qualities which detract from the ideal and "perfect" me. May I no longer try to be unreachably, unhumanly perfect, but just spiritually whole.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I am human -- part good, part not-so-good.
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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