Sunday, January 7, 2018

Jan. 7, 2018 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018
Today's thought from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled.
 -- Mavis Gallant


We are forever moving from one experience to another, one challenge to another, and one relationship to another. Our ability to handle confidently all encounters is a gift of the program, and one that accompanies us throughout every day, providing we humbly express gratitude for it. Success is ours when we are grateful.

We are not standing still. No matter how uneventful our lives may seem, we are traveling toward our destiny, and all the thrills and tears, joys and sorrows, are contributing to the success of our trip. Every day, every step, we are succeeding.

We can reflect on yesterday, better yet, on last week or even last year. What were our problems? It's doubtful we can even remember them. We have put distance between them and us. They were handled in some manner. We have succeeded in getting free of them. We have succeeded in moving beyond them.

How far we have come! And we will keep right on traveling forward. As long as we rely on the program, we are assured of success.

I can do whatever I need to do today, with success, when I humbly accept the program's gifts.
You are reading from the book:

Each Day a New Beginning by Karen Casey. © 1982, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation

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