Friday, Sept. 29, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
We don’t have time not to have time.
— Gary Burke
To develop the habit of reflection means to take the time, regularly and often, to listen to ourselves, to ask how things are going, to think about what things we did today that were successful, and what things we did that were not so successful. When we reflect, we bend back to see where we have been so we can know where to go next.
Reflection breeds insight. “I never thought of it that way,” can become a way of life, a limitless opportunity. But we must stand in the way of it if we want to see life and its possibilities in a new way. We have to make the time to reflect, and we have to stick with it until the thoughts flow. At times, our minds have to be literally pried open to make room for the fresh air of new ideas: reflection is the tool to use.
I will daily examine my life to see if I have taken the time to walk my road of recovery.
Hazelden Foundation
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