Thought for the Day| Meditations on Hope and Acceptance
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Browse daily passages from our most popular meditation books to find your inspiration for the day.
*December 12*
Resentments indicate our attitude needs adjusting.
Resentments creep up on us. Where they come from isn’t always evident. Some days it seems easier to feel resentful than to feel anything else. What is the payoff? There must be one, or we wouldn’t harbor resentments with such relish.
Doing a Fourth Step inventory will give us insight into our resentments. Not being able to control other people is an obvious trigger. Situations that begin to unfold according to someone else’s plan rather than our own initiate resentment too. What it boils down to is, we get resentful when we don’t get our way, which happens quite often.
Doing a Fifth Step next will help us appreciate how human it is to want to control. Yet what folly! We aren’t in charge, God is. Working on acceptance every time we feel resentful will change the very flavor of our lives. In time our payoff will come from our happy attitude.
Today’s Food for Thought:
If I’m resentful today, I will remember God’s role in my life and let the old anger go.
A Life Of My Own
Since 1954, A Life Of My Own has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this “little book” offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives.
Karen Casey is also the Best Selling Author of Each Day a New Beginning, Daily Meditations for Women which has sold more than three million copies. Casey has spoken on spirituality, relationships, and personal growth for more than twenty years. Casey’s passionate about helping others in Twelve Step support groups where her own recovery from addiction began more than three decades ago.
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