I am being continually reborn. Each day life repairs and renews itself, I witness as all that’s in this world transforms from one state to another, weather it’s the daily weather or me. Flowers bloom and then their petals drop to the ground and become fertilizer for new growth. Seasons change. The sun comes up
Each new day is a gift. Today I will open the day slowly, like a present that’s wrapped in hours. I will be open to what my world offers me. The world comes to greet me like an old friend each morning. My daily habits comfort and ground me. The thought of moving into my
Today I will embrace the experience of joy. The real purpose of life isn’t to grab and get, to preen and try to out do the next guy. The real purpose of life is to deepen my ability to experience joy. Joy is the gift. Joy is the accomplishment. Joy is what fills me up.
I need to remember that emotions run high during recovery. My joys are higher, I feel my sorrows more keenly as I heal them and my longings are stronger. The world is more intense than it usually is. When I forget this, I want to push away my inner world and I get afraid of
I will not compare my insides with everybody else’s outsides and use that to make myself wrong, today. Comparing and despairing is just another form of self sabotage, it’s another way of keeping myself from advancing confidently in a positive direction. Wherever I am I will take as where I am meant to be. What
Today I recognize that it is the simple pleasures that bring me the greatest joy. What good is earning a living if I don’t enjoy my life, what good is recovery if I don’t become grateful for the life I am saving, namely mine. I will consciously build my capacity for experiencing joy and serenity.
To those who withhold refuge, I cradle you in safety at the core of my Being. To those that cause a child to cry out, I grant you the freedom to express your own choked agony. To those that inflict terror, I remind you that you shine with the purity of a thousand suns. To those who would confine, suppress, or
Rituals ground me in my own day. My morning tea, my walk through the park, dinner with my family; these are the daily rituals that give my life a sense of continuity and solidity. They hold me, they bond me with those I love. Recovery is full of rituals. Meetings, daily reading, sharing with friends
Today I recognize forgiveness as the quickest road to freedom and serenity. When I forgive my past, I release myself from the grip that it has on my present and on my future. It is difficult to live in peace today if I am psychically engaged in yesterday's battles. But I cannot forgive and release