Morning Prayer
This is the November 6 entry from “Daily Reflections.”
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him.
[TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96]
The first words I speak when arising in the morning are, “I arise, O God, to do Thy will.” This is the shortest prayer I know and it is deeply ingrained in me. Prayer doesn’t change God’s attitude toward me; it changes my attitude toward God. As distinguished from prayer, meditation is a quiet time, without words. To be centered is to be physically relaxed, emotionally calm, mentally focused and spiritually aware. One way to keep the channel open and to improve my conscious contact with God is to maintain a grateful attitude. On the days when I am grateful, good things seem to happen in my life. The instant I start cursing things in my life, however, the flow of good stops. God did not interrupt the flow; my own negativity did.
[Daily Reflections, November 6th]
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Novermber 23 Keep It Simple
LET ME LISTEN TO ME AND NOT TO THEM. ~Gertrude Stein
Often, we try to please everyone else around us. But this may not make us happy, and so we get angry. We feel taken advantage of.
We may be kind to others, but first we must love ourselves. How? By learning to listen to ourselves. To our dreams. To our Higher Power. By doing this we’ll be more happy. And those around us will probably be more happy too.
As our AA medallions say, “To Thine Own Self Be True.”
PRAYER FOR THE DAY
I pray that I’ll listen to that gentle, loving voice inside me. Higher Power, help me make my “conscious contact” with You better.
ACTION FOR THE DAY
I will write four reasons why I need to be true to myself.
I have discovered, by practicing this new idea, at least one thing:
It sure beats the hell outta self will 🙂!