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AUGUST 27 Reflection for the Day

Taking a long hard look at those defects I’m unwilling or reluctant to give up, I ought to rub out the rigid lines I’ve drawn. Perhaps, in some cases, I’ll then be able to say, “Well, this one I can’t give up yet…. The one thing I shouldn’t say: ” This one I’ll never give up.” The minute we say, ” No, never,” our minds close against the grace of God. Such rebelliousness, as we have seen in the experiences of others, may turn out to be fatal. Instead, we should abandon limited objectives and begin to move toward God’s will for us.

Am I learning never to say never?

Today I Pray

May God remove any blocks of rebellion that make me balk at changing my undesirable qualities. Out of my delusion that I am “unique” and “special” and somehow safe from consequences, I confess to God that I have defied the natural laws of health and sanity, along with Divine laws of human kindness. May God drain away the defiance that is such a protected symptom of my addiction.

Today I Will Remember

Defiance is an offspring of delusion.