02.28.07

Living in the material world of opposites, labels, and classifications, we often identify ourselves by the roles we play, forgetting that these aspects shift and change throughout our lives. But when we anchor ourselves in the truth of our being, that core of spirit within us, we can choose to embrace the new roles as they come, knowing that they give us fresh perspective on life and a greater understanding of the lives of others. ~Today's DailyOm

Today I am grateful...

• to have worked a full and exhausting day yesterday
• that I get to see real miracles happen
• that while I strive to stay spiritually fit, I will never do it perfectly--in the striving I find everything I need
• for each brick that has been removed from the Great Wall of Scott
• that I have not been in a bar since 1998
• that there is no substitute for contentment these days

Do you think you deserve special treatment because you are clean and sober? Most of us do at one time or another. Treat us special and we feel normal; treat us normal and we feel rejected. Do I want my ego to be the first thing people see when I walk into a room? ~Pocket Sponsor

This is a disease of insight. I could see the filth, the deceit, the ugliness, the infidelity. The pain of alcoholism and me. It was all very clear. I could see through myself like glass - As Socrates said: "The unexamined life is not worth living." ~Tom M.

...And the unlived life is not worth examining. ~Serenity Sam.