Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Some people spend their lives failing and never notice. — Judith Rossner
It’s doubtful that those of us in Twelve Step programs fail at something very often without taking special notice. We’re more likely to see a setback as a sign we’re complete failures than as a necessary learning experience for growth.
The Big Book’s suggestion that this is a program of progress, not perfection may be fine for everyone else. But we still often feel we must get every promotion we try for, or an “A” on every exam, or win every game when we bowl. To be merely good, or worse yet only average, is much too humiliating.
When we’re feeling this way, it’s way past time for a talk with our Higher Power. How swiftly we forget that whatever our particular limitations, talents, or abilities, we always have a place in God’s plan. We are not expected to accomplish more than we can today. We are expected to be human, learning as we go. In God’s world we are perfect just as we are.
I will learn from my mistakes and accept my limitations today.
Hazelden Foundation
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