Friday, July 14, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
I like to look at perfection as continual expansion. It’s only when I stagnate and am afraid of change that I am imperfect.
— Carlotta Posz
Perfection is a coat of many colors. Some people think we are perfect just as we are, simply because we are children of God. Others think that perfection is an unattainable goal because we must release all shortcomings and strengthen all assets to attain it. From sponsors we learn that any effort to live more peace-filled lives heightens our sense of a more perfect existence.
Perfection, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Luckily, we are surrounded by loving friends who can help us see our progress when we are blind to all but our failed attempts.
Our attempts to grow, learn, change, and love others more fully will satisfy our Higher Power completely. These acts, repeatedly made, will cultivate in us the only perfection that truly counts.
I will do the best I can today toward my loved ones and all others I meet. If I do that, God will view my actions as “perfect.”
Hazelden Foundation
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