~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME
08/01 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Self-pity is one of the most miserable and consuming defects I know. Because of its interminable demands for attention and sympathy, my self-pity cuts off my communication with others, especially communication with my Higher Power. When I look at it that way, I realize that self-pity limits my spiritual progress. It's also a very real form of martydom, which is a luxury I simply can't afford. The remedy, I've been taught, is to have a hard look at myself and a still harder one at The Program's Twelve Steps to recovery. DO I ASK MY HIGHER POWER TO RELIEVE ME OF THE BONDAGE OF SELF?
TODAY I PRAY
May I know from observation that self pitiers get almost no pity from anyone else. Nobody -- not even God -- can fill their outsized demands for sympathy. May I recognize my own unsavory feeling of self-pity when it creeps in to rob me of my serenity. May God keep me wary of its sneakiness.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
My captor is my self.
Self-pity is one of the most miserable and consuming defects I know. Because of its interminable demands for attention and sympathy, my self-pity cuts off my communication with others, especially communication with my Higher Power. When I look at it that way, I realize that self-pity limits my spiritual progress. It's also a very real form of martydom, which is a luxury I simply can't afford. The remedy, I've been taught, is to have a hard look at myself and a still harder one at The Program's Twelve Steps to recovery. DO I ASK MY HIGHER POWER TO RELIEVE ME OF THE BONDAGE OF SELF?
TODAY I PRAY
May I know from observation that self pitiers get almost no pity from anyone else. Nobody -- not even God -- can fill their outsized demands for sympathy. May I recognize my own unsavory feeling of self-pity when it creeps in to rob me of my serenity. May God keep me wary of its sneakiness.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
My captor is my self.
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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