"We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling."
Basic Text, p. 43
Imagine a daily meditation book with this kind of message: "When you wake up in the morning, before you rise from your bed, take a moment for reflection. Lie back, gather your thoughts, and consider your plans for the day. One by one, review the motives behind those plans. If your motives are not entirely pure, roll over and go back to sleep:' Nonsense, isn't it?
No matter how long we've been clean, almost all of us have mixed motives behind almost everything we do. However, that's no reason to put our lives on hold. We don't have to wait for our motives to become perfectly pure before we can start living our recovery.
As the program works its way into our lives, we begin acting less frequently on our more questionable motives. We regularly examine ourselves, and we talk with our sponsor about what we find. We pray for knowledge of our Higher Power's will for us, and we seek the power to act on the knowledge we're given. The result? We don't get perfect, but we do get better.
We've begun working a spiritual program. We won't ever become spiritual giants. But if we look at ourselves realistically, we'll probably realize that we've been doing better than we've been feeling.
Just for Today: I will examine myself realistically. I will seek the power to act on my best motives, and not to act on my worst.
" I will seek the power to act on my best motives, and not to act on my worst"
Good afternoon Avid! I really like that part in Just For Today. Thank you for sharing it w/ us. Wouldn't the reality of our situation be so much simpler to understand & over come if we could just somehow at least try to remember to act "on our best" NOT "on our worst"? Not just in recovery but in everyday things in our lives. I know mine would. Hope you've had a wonderful weekend.
Thank you,
Stacey
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lately i have been doing better then i feel thats for sure Been feeling like crap pile lately physically mostly and emotionally too lots of up and downs.
I dont HAVE to do much at the moment except make meetings and try to get spiritually fit. Finding myself getting a bit frustrated with the spiritual aspect once again and being able to let go some someone is difficult but theres not really a choice now other then to accept it so i feel better and i dont do certain things to make things worse, and it is bad enough !.
Hey BiGV! Stay in the solution my friend and I pray for your serenity and peace of mind.I believe it was" youngbloods" who sang in like 1969/70 'The road is long ,with many a winding turn,that leads us to who knows where ,who knows where!When we give it over"more will be revealed "and our spirits can be renewed.We get tired,weary and impatient but I firmly believe that the Higher POWER THAT BROUGHT US FROM THE DEPTHS OF MUCK AND MIRE WILL ALSO LIGHTEN OUR HEARTS IN HIM!Hang in there Vin,the sun is still there it just gets blocked by the clouds sometimes!!
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
