Meditations on "Humility"

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

To live with wisdom in recovery requires humility. We need to acknowledge, “I don’t really know what is best for me but I’m willing to try new ways and learn from the experience of others.

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

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

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

In life there often seems to be two groups of people, those who speak well and look good and those who always seem to get things wrong.

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.

When we reflect on our destructive and addictive lifestyle we begin to recognize the extent of the dumb choices we have made.

As humans, we long for security in many forms; security within our own family, security about who we are inside our own heads, security of our position within any group we are a part of, security from any type of threat to our well-being, and security from anything else we may consider a threat to our lives.

One of the most remarkable aspects of the 12-Step movement founded by Alcoholics Anonymous is the emphasis on ordinary people – even broken and pretty much washed-up folks.

An important part of living with God in recovery is coming to an accurate view of what went wrong in our relationships and doing our part to make things right.

God's purpose in creating humans in His likeness was that they would live in loving relationship with Him and with each other.