Meditations on "Humility"

Happy New Year! This is the first day of the year 2025 and if we want to make a fresh start to the year we can choose to repent of our past sins and give our will and life over to the care of God, or we can just live in the “same old, same old”.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.

A humble life is grounded in a realistic view of ourselves.

An important character strength to develop is tolerance, which is being patient, understanding, and accepting of something different from what we are familiar with.

Many of us lost our true identity because we grew up in dysfunctional families and were forced to assume survival roles.

Our pride often keeps us from asking for what we need.

None of us like criticism but all of us should take time to hear what is being said and deal with it.

Moving forward in identifying character defects and allowing God to help us develop our true character is no easy process.

Honesty, balance, and realism are essential tools to keep at hand as we sort out and rebuild relationships.

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

One of the promises given to us as we grow in our recovery is: No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.

To live with wisdom in recovery requires humility.