Meditations on ""

All of us like to be appreciated when we have acted wisely or done a good job.

Step 5 is often a tough step to complete. With great apprehension we have made a fearless moral inventory of ourselves and now we must admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

We lived for so long doing what was right in our own eyes that we may have doubts about being able to live according to God’s principles that we are learning about.

The only antidote for hurt, frustration, and anger is love and plenty of it.

Thinking and acting on our own self-centered thoughts often results in confusion and grief.

People who wink at wrong cause trouble, but a bold reproof promotes peace.

The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer authored by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

Unrealistic expectations will lead us to disappointment and, if we are not careful, may also lead us to relapse.

Do I matter? Does anyone notice me? Does anyone care?

When we notice the shortcomings in our character, do we immediately have a sense of remorse or are we more likely to try to justify them?

When we begin a searching and fearless moral inventory, we often list the obvious things we know that are not in keeping with God's will.

When we say we have given our will and life over to the care of God, what does that mean to us?