Sunday January 25, 2026

Thought of the D\y  

 "We see it happening among us every day. 

This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening."  

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  Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. 

None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelmed when contemplating how far short we fall of our ideals, so overwhelmed that we fear there's no chance of becoming the people we'd like to be. That's when our defense mechanism of denial kicks in, taking us to the opposite extreme: nothing about ourselves needs changing, we tell ourselves, so why worry? Neither extreme gives us the freedom to change. 

 When we admit our powerlessness and the unmanageability of our lives, we counteract the lie that says we don't have to change. In coming to believe that a Power greater than we are can help us, we lose our fear that we are damaged beyond repair;

we come to believe we can change.

 We admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being what we've found. 

We accept the good and the bad in ourselves; with this acceptance, we become free to change.  

Committment for the Day

 I will find joy in witnessing the recovery of another.  

One Day At A Time