my daily reflections…

as i have reflected upon the use of prayer & meditation and how i use it to strengthen my recovery, ive expressed how i use it to grow my spiritual awareness. but there is much more to it than that. simple prayer is good, askin God to help me when i am indecisive. simple meditation is just as good, listenin, or watchin, for intuitive, or material, answers to come. but each, or both, does me no good if i dont do what i perceive are the answers to either. patience is a virtue, but complacency will get me drunk. today, i cannot sit too long and think He will provide me what i need if i stand or sit lazily in my recovery. if i am grateful for what ive received to this point in my recovery, i Must get into action and SHOW that gratitude. as this mornins readin suggests, i can no more do without prayer & meditation than i would refuse air, food, or sunshine. if i do i am at risk of deprivin my mind, my emotions, or my intuition of vitally needed support. see, its been my experience that my HP may come to me at any time of day, through another at any time of day, or let me live the answer so i may discover it through that livin, with the answers i am seekin. prayer & meditation are a vital sustenance to me. i aint tryina go backward, my goal is to move forward. reliance upon self has already proven its true worth. today, i feel sure that there is nothin that God cannot accomplish in changin my life. i am just as rightly positive that when i use faith in His miracle-workin power, followin through with actions to obtain it, i will receive it whether i like the answer provided or not. spirituality has to be discovered or realized in the balance of my life. goin to extremes with my self-will thinkin that excess, louder, winnin, even aggression is more, isnt usin what He has taught me through recovery. gettin into action, even with surrender & acceptance, is about understandin that less is more. today i know that agreement can embrace difference. when i can be honest about my true condition, i get to accept His answer to my prayer and live out His direction after meditation. i can be honest about my condition. ive already made a decision years ago, and continue to do inventories of my grosser handicaps, so i may continue the good beginnin ive started. if i have the courage to begin prayer & meditation, i have the courage to succeed with prayer & meditation. i can face all, intuitively trustin Him. 1 day @ a time...