Recovery Meditations

Practicing an attitude of gratitude – just a happy little slogan or a way of facing each day that changes everything?

What difference does it make if we are grateful or not?

When thanksgiving becomes a way of life rather than a day of celebration on the calendar, life will change for us.

This is the holiday weekend – Thanksgiving weekend.

Step Nine is about the work of peace – seeking peace and making amends.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

There is a strong desire in us to succeed, to win, to excel, to be successful!

There is a good reason why so many folks both early in recovery and well on their journey find themselves repeating the Serenity Prayer when they bump into life situations that seem overwhelming.

Day after day, in recovery meetings and elsewhere, we pray these words: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The seasons are changing. A few days ago we officially moved from summer to autumn.

O God, insolent people rise up against me; a violent gang is trying to kill me.

How many times have we written people off because of some dispute we had in the distant past?