A Lesson From Nature
03/July/ Filed in: One Day at a TIme
One of the basic principles of recovery, one repeated in the name of this web page, is One Day at a Time. Nature surrounds us with some excellent role models.
Trees don't stand around worrying about forest fires. The water in a lake doesn't fret about the turbulence that stirred it a few miles upstream. Butterflies don't seem to pry into each other's affairs. Most of creation seems to spend its time going about its own business. Maybe, if I paid attention, I could learn to do the same.
There's a great deal to be learned from painful circumstances, but there's even more to be found in the gentle wisdom that God shows in His creation.
—Anonymous
Take My Life
02/July/ Filed in: 3rd Step
Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
—Frances Havergal
At the End of the Day
01/July/ Filed in: 10th Step
When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves that should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.
—AA's Big Book