Meditations on "Humility"

Becoming strong and steady in our recovery requires that we keep on listening and learning from God's Word and from the experience, strength, and hope of others.

The end of Tradition 12 in the Big Book of AA sums up an important principle in our recovery: We need to regularly count our blessings.

Whether it is a group of bullies on a school playground or an abusive partner behind closed doors, it is never right for one person to force their agenda or desires on another.

Who wants trouble? None of us do and if we listen to God’s counsel there’s a lot of trouble that we can avoid.

When God wants to paint a picture, He does so very effectively.

Too many of us carry a harsh picture of God and believe He looks for ways to be displeased with us.

Just for today I will seek to serve others with kindness, doing what is right, and walking humbly with God.

Strong people with a true sense of their identity are often the gentlest souls in our community.

A humble person is grounded in a realistic view of who they are.

There often seems to be two groups of people in life: those who speak well and look good; and those who always seem to get things wrong.

When we confess the exact nature of our wrongs, the terrible isolation we've lived with for most of our lives will be exposed.

One of the coping mechanisms many of us use when dealing with low-self-esteem and the humiliation of our past failures is the mask of arrogance.