Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution. — Kahlil Gibran
We seem to think that the mean people are strong. We give power to people who are rude or cruel. Many of us used to play by those rules. We were afraid, so we acted mean, rude, tough, or cool to keep people away from us. We tried to make other people more scared of us than we were of them.
Now in recovery, we are learning kindness is strength. It’s not easy to be kind when others are mean or when we are in pain or afraid. It’s not easy to think about others instead of ourselves when we are tired or frustrated with problems of our own. But we are learning to do these things, and we are becoming strong enough to do them. We are not ruled by our feelings anymore. We can choose to be kind and tender.
Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, help me remember that all true strength and power come from you. Give me grace today to be strong, kind, and tender.
Today’s Action
Today I will think about the tugs of frustration, anger, and fear I’ve felt over the past twenty-four hours. I will talk with my sponsor about how to “Let go and let God.”
Hazelden Foundation
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