Meditations on "Relationship"

We seldom have a day when we aren't worried about something.

We all long to be genuine and sincere in our relationship with God, others, and ourselves, and yet we often find ourselves being fake and insincere.

Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself to relax and enjoy all that God is giving me.

Today is a day to honour fathers. Some of us are fathers.

When we pray the full version of the Serenity Prayer, what are we asking God to do for us?

In our addiction, long periods of isolation became a way of life for us.

Each day in recovery is a new opportunity to respond to God's call to live in humility, desire reconciliation in relationships, walk in forgiveness and focus on cleaning my side of the street.

We have all been hurt and let down by others. It's simply part of being around humans.

God is tender and compassionate. Knowing and believing that God tenderly watches over us with compassion will allow our hearts to be filled with peace.

Hunger and thirst are basic human needs. When basic needs are not met it's difficult or impossible to give ourselves to other tasks.

The Big Book of AA describes the significance of our problem with selfishness in this way: "There often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His [God's] aid.

Feelings cannot always be trusted. They often point us to an incorrect perception of who we are, who God is, and what is happening in our circumstances.