We know that God
lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well
with us, here and hereafter. 12x12, p. 105
I pray for the willingness to remember that I am a child of God,
a divine soul in human form, and that my most basic and urgent life-task is to
accept, know, love and nurture myself. As I accept myself, I am accepting God's
will. As I know and love myself, I am knowing and loving God. As I nurture
myself I am acting on God's guidance.
I pray for the willingness to let go of my arrogant
self-criticism, and to praise God by humbly accepting and caring for myself.
From AA’s Daily Reflections for November 11th
All too often, I berate myself for real or imagined mistakes. This is definitely a family of origin issue,
no matter what I did, it was never good enough.
My parents are long gone from my life and yet I continue with negative
self-talk. Any kind of logic or therapy
or recovery tells me that it is incredibly self-destructive and not helpful to
living a better life.
Working on fears in my 4th
step, it is ever more clear that I have many great fears about success. Much of that is from a fear of the pain of
loss. If I don’t have anything, I can’t
lose anything. That is insanely bad
logic since I will lose all possibility of a life that is happy joyous and
free.
I am grateful for the progress I am making on reducing negative
self-talk and being a better friend to myself.
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