Food for Thought~daily Meditations 09-24

[Pony]

Today's Thought
SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 24, 2006
You are reading from the book Food for Thought.

Accepting Where We Are
Wherever we are when we come to this program is where we begin. Some of us have further to go along the road to self-actualization than others. No one of us ever arrives in this life. There is always more work to be done.
Believing that our Higher Power has a plan for each of us, we accept the place where He has put us right now. We do not expect to stay in this place, but it is a necessary part of our growth and development. We cannot move on until we understand where we are now and how we got here.
Our Fourth Step inventory gives us an opportunity to examine past actions, which have led to our current situation. We may not like what we discover, but an honest appraisal of our weaknesses and faults as well as our strengths is preparation for constructive change. Accepting where we are frees us from morbid obsession with the past and enables us to move on into the future.

May I accept where I am as the best place for me to be today.


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[Nina Kay]

Accepting where we are frees us from morbid obsession with the past and enables us to move on into the future.

May I accept where I am as the best place for me to be today.

This is exactly what I needed to hear today. I do need to really think about this and remember it daily. Thank you, Pony, for sharing this with us today.