my daily reflections…

shortly after i began workin with my sponsor, after he had gone over what made him an alcoholic through the book, we turned to the pages in the big book that discuss the topics of beginnin and endin my day. even as it was well before i had started the 4th step, he discussed with me the benefits of startin my day, before allowin the world to enter my mind, with a spiritual time with my HP. he suggested i read a couple of spiritual passages, ask God to help me live the message i gleaned from them throughout my day, then listen for my HP to speak to me on how to do it. this is somethin i still do today, as evident by this personal daily reflection. ive found through my experience doin this that when i ask my HP to help me live His perfect will, even as i may fall short at times, im less prone to feel the effects of self-pity, dishonesty, or self-seekin motives. i get to start and live the day, the moments in it, on a positive note where i im of service to others, lovin the simple things of life. when i am separated from the evil monkeys that live in my head, and the squirrel cage of my thinkin, it helps me to live my life uncomplicated and free. when endin my day i do as the big book suggests and give the perceived tortures of my day over to the care of my HP. when i live with faith as the big book suggests, i get to experience a life of recovery which offers me the chance to nurture and express any of a million talents, for my own development, as well as the possible use of others. i aint gotta be afraid to bring my skills into the light, allowin the malleability of them to evolve and be shaped. even more so, im able to live love as i discover it in others, and then delight in the recognition of it. i get to use faith to share my feelins with others findin contentment and satisfaction in the recognition it brings. i get to exchange emotional instability for emotional sobriety and show it to others through positive, healthy, behavior and thinkin. worry, anger, or self-pity, doesnt stand a chance of long-lived survival within, when i start and end my day with the honesty, hope, faith, and courage, my HP provides. 1 day @ a time...