my daily reflections…

it is truth that the more i give up my self-will in trade for my HPs, i get to feel the freedom and independence of a life that isnt marred by my spiritual malady. it is an autonomy i searched for my whole life. ive been blessed to have been able to find recovery and even more so, to have been honest with myself about the situations i still may face today. it is my reality that when i use willingness to depend upon the guidance and direction of my HP, i get to feel that autonomy i mentioned prior. life doesnt seem like much of an impossibility when i turn over my actions, behavior, and thinkin. usin what He provides in the present moment helps me clear away the wreckage of my past and create a better future for myself. ive also been able to experience the independence i craved all my life because ive been persistent and persevered in my efforts to change my life. this freedom comes when i use the power of prayer and simple trust. with practice, and the willingness to sit quiet and listen in meditation, i have been able to obtain joy, peace, assurance, security, health, happiness, and serenity, these are the treasures of the spirit, of my spirit today. an honest life is my goal and its not always easy, usually because im afraid that if im honest then i will not be accepted. but ive also learned that if im not honest, if i hide in lies and secrets, nobody can really love me for me. today i seek to live an honest life on a daily basis. ive also learned that to be effective and useful i must practice the spiritual principles ive learned through recovery, but unless i put them into action, they are worthless. by workin the kinds of behavior and thinkin in my life that ive found in these principles, ive made them practical realities. surely, they, by themselves look good, but when i actively practice and work them i get better emotionally, psychologically, behaviorally, and spiritually. ive found that what i ask for while i am in prayer is never as vital to me as what i do with the answers i receive once i am back out in the world. the twelve steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsessions i tend to want to nurture, so i may be enabled to become happily and usefully whole and free. its become a way of life for me to seek solutions through each powerful step. 1 day @ a time...