01.07.06

In one form or another, many of my character defects appear daily: self-condemnation, anger, running away, being prideful, wanting to get even, or acting out of grandiosity. Attempting half measures to eliminate these defects merely paralyzes my efforts to change. It is only when I ask God for help, with complete abandon, that I become willing -- and able -- to change. ~Daily Reflections

Today I am grateful...

• that it is Saturday. New Year's Eve seems forever ago.
• for yesterday's first step meeting to welcome two to the fellowship. It was filled with experience, strength, hope and gales of laughter.
• that people come into our lives and people leave our lives
• that God gave me my mind and not the mind of a really crazy person
• to reread this post from a year ago

The quickest route to an empty life is to live only for yourself. There is no pain greater than the pain of total self absorption.

In small things and large, use the opportunity of each moment to look and to act beyond your own concerns. The success you create by so doing will be real and superbly fulfilling. -- Ralph Marston