~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME

07/30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
When we first come to The Program, the most common variety of self-pity begins:  "Poor me!  Why can't I (fill in your own addiction) like everybody else?  Why me?"  Such bemoaning, if allowed to persist, is a surefire invitation for a long walk off a short pier -- right back to the mess we were in before we came to The Program.  When we stick around The Program for a while, we discover that it's not just "me" at all; we become involved with people, from all walks of life, who are in exactly the same boat.  AM I LOSING INTEREST IN MY COMFORTABLY FAMILIAR "PITY POT?"

TODAY I PRAY
When self-pity has me droopy and inert, may I look up, look around and perk up.  Self-pity, God wills, vanishes in the light of other people's shared troubles.  May I always wish for friends honest enough to confront me if they see me digging my way back down into my old pity pit.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Turn self-involvement into involvement.