~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME
10/20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Before I admitted my powerlessness over alcohol and other chemicals, I had as much self-worth as a "peeled zero." I came into The Program as a nobody who desperately wanted to be a somebody. In retrospect, my self-esteem was shredded, seemingly beyond repair. Gradually, The Program has enabled me to achieve an ever-stronger sense of self-worth. I've come to accept myself, realizing that I'm not so bad as I had always supposed myself to be. AM I LEARNING THAT MY SELF-WORTH IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE APPROVAL OF OTHERS, BUT INSTEAD IS TRULY AN "INSIDE JOB"?
TODAY I PRAY
When I am feeling down and worthless, may my Higher Power and my friends in the group help me see that, although I was "fallen," I was not "cast down." However sick I might have been in my worst days, with all the self-esteem of an earth worm, may I know that I still had the power of choice. And I chose to do something about myself. May that good choice be the basis for my reactivated self-worth.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I will not kick myself when I'm down.
Before I admitted my powerlessness over alcohol and other chemicals, I had as much self-worth as a "peeled zero." I came into The Program as a nobody who desperately wanted to be a somebody. In retrospect, my self-esteem was shredded, seemingly beyond repair. Gradually, The Program has enabled me to achieve an ever-stronger sense of self-worth. I've come to accept myself, realizing that I'm not so bad as I had always supposed myself to be. AM I LEARNING THAT MY SELF-WORTH IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE APPROVAL OF OTHERS, BUT INSTEAD IS TRULY AN "INSIDE JOB"?
TODAY I PRAY
When I am feeling down and worthless, may my Higher Power and my friends in the group help me see that, although I was "fallen," I was not "cast down." However sick I might have been in my worst days, with all the self-esteem of an earth worm, may I know that I still had the power of choice. And I chose to do something about myself. May that good choice be the basis for my reactivated self-worth.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I will not kick myself when I'm down.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin