Monday, July 22, 2024
Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Reflection for the Day
I admitted that I couldn't win the battle against substance abuse and compulsions on my own. So I finally began to accept the critically important fact that dependence on a Higher Power could help me achieve what had always seemed impossible. I stopped running. I stopped fighting. For the first time, I began accepting. And for the first time, I began to be really free.
Do I realize that it doesn't matter what kind of shoes I'm wearing when I'm running away?
Today I Pray
May I know the freedom that comes with surrender to a Higher Power -- that most important kind of surrender that means neither "giving in" nor "giving up" but rather "giving over." Like a weary fugitive from spiritual order, may I stop hiding, dodging, running. May I find peace in surrender, in the knowledge that my Higher Power wants me to be whole and healthy. My Higher Power will show me the way.
Today I Will Remember
First surrender, then serenity.
Hazelden Foundation
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