Friday, July 29, 2022

July 29, 2022 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 

Friday, July 29, 2022

Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Directness

So much of our communication can reflect our need to control. We say what we think others want to hear. We try to keep others from getting angry, feeling afraid, going away, or disliking us. But our need to control traps us into feeling like victims and martyrs.

Freedom is just a few words away. Those words are our truths. We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind.

Let go of your need to control. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming, or cruel when we speak our truths. Neither do we need to hide our light. Let go, and freely be who you are.

Today, I will be honest with myself and others, knowing that if I don’t, my truth will come out some other way.

Hazelden Foundation

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