Meditations on "Humility"

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.

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

Happy New Year! What will we do in this year 2021? Will it be the “same old same old” or will we choose to live in response to God’s love for us?

To examine ourselves is to do just that – examine ourselves.

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

S Trying to be perfect is a mean task master yet many of us live in the fear of making mistakes and hide in shame and addictive behaviour when we stumble.

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

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.