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- Feb 14, 2024
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Daily Readings and Inspirations
Daily Reflections: EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS
Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98
Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn't wrong to expect progress of myself, good things from life, or decent treatment from others.
Where I get into trouble is when my expectations become demands. I will fall short of what I wish to be and situations will go in ways I do not like, because people will let me down sometimes. The only question is: "What am I going to about it?" Wallow in self-pity or anger; retaliate and make a bad situation worse; or will I trust in God's power to bring blessings on the messes in which I find myself? Will I ask Him what I should be learning; do I keep on doing the right things I know how to do, no matter what; do I take the time to share my faith and blessings with others?
NA Just For Today: Honesty And Spirituality
"The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches. Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually" Basic Text, p. 25
In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we hear our NA friends talking about the way they understand their Higher Power. It would be easy to "go with the flow;" adopting someone else's beliefs. But just as no one else can recover for us, so no one else's spirituality can substitute for our own. We must honestly search for an understanding of God that truly works for us.
Many of us begin that search with prayer and meditation, and continue with our experiences in recovery. Have there been instances where we have been given power beyond our own to face life's challenges? When we have quietly sought direction in times of trouble, have we found it? What kind of Power do we believe has guided and strengthened us? What kind of Power do we seek? With the answers to these
questions, we will understand our Higher Power well enough to feel safe and confident about asking it to care for our will and lives.
A borrowed understanding of God may do on a short haul. But in the long run, we must come to our own understanding of a Higher Power, for it is that Power which will carry us through our recovery.
Just for today: I seek a Power greater than myself that can help me grow spiritually. Today, I will examine my beliefs honestly and come to my own understanding of God.
ACRONYMS: Recovery
We at times of going nuts could/well, my rounded to say: was dead, we now see that we have to push and love; it's in that love that we can have the trust that we are able to think because we did it other then at a level of qtip seeing past the wisdom that we can gain only by Mind your “P’s and Q’s.”
NUTS: Not. Using. The. Steps.
DEAD: Drinking Ends All Dreams
PUSH: Pray Until Something Happens
LOVE: Let. Others. Voluntarily. Evolve.
T R U S T = Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions.
THINK: is it...? Thoughtful. Honest. Intelligent.Necessary. Kind.
QTIP: Quit. Taking. It. Personally
WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives *
Mind your “P’s and Q’s.”: Pause and quiet _ Leading us to (totally Obvious) if we keep (kind Effort = effortless possibilities) working fit
SLOGANS: RECOVERY
Give time time is the only power we have sometimes by seeing that its the Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less because we know from the wisdom and the being past the point of being nuts that we can see that God doesn't make junk and that we have to do it sober and that Feelings are not facts (only because we never grown past the facts of putting our needs a head of other: self-seeking.) that Misery is optional but we sure gave everyone a V.I.P. pass to it; One Day At A Time to be able to see that we can Pass it on only by Progress, not perfection as we have Principles before personalities as Recovery is a journey ...not a destination: for you are the destination and only by the journey/the willingness to get to be part of your life, then you will be able to When all else fails, follow directions.
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From myself
As it stands, we may see that we have something to give and the other is not willing to get it, so we try and when we try and it is not wanted; we move on to the next, still at each moment to Practice the principles in all your affairs: for seeing is it kind, loving, able to bring to a point of unity and keeping peace of mind(maybe for you at this point, when trying/moving on, and to all around you; as they do have something to give and planting the seed of recovery/enjoyment of being in there life then it is as such the only thing we can do, to keep our peace of mind.).
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