• Ken L posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 3 years, 4 months ago

    NOVEMBER 24 Reflection for the Day
    Although we came to Gamblers Anonymous to deal with a specific problem, we soon became aware that we would find not only freedom from addiction, but freedom to live in the real world without fear and frustration. We learned that the solutions are within ourselves. With the help of my Higher Power, I can enrich my life with comfort, enjoyment, and deep-down serenity.

    Am I changing from my own worst enemy to my own best friend?

    Today I Pray
    May I praise my Higher Power for my freedoms – from gambling addiction, from spiritual bankruptcy, from loneliness, from fear, from the seesaw of pride and humiliation, from despair, from delusions, from shallowness, from doom. I give thanks for the way of life that has given me these freedoms and replaces the empty space with extra goodness and peace of mind.

    Today I Will Remember
    I give thanks for all my freedoms.

    NOVEMBER 25 Reflection for the Day
    “What you have may seem small; you desire so much more. See children thrusting their hands into a narrow necked jar, striving to pull out the sweets. If they fill the hand, they cannot pull it out and then they fall to tears. When they let go a few, they can draw out the rest. You, too, let your desire go; covet not too much”, wrote Epictetus. Let me expect not too much of anyone, particularly myself. Let me learn to settle for less than I wish were possible, and be willing to accept it and appreciate it.

    Do I accept gratefully and graciously the good that has already come to me through the Gamblers Anonymous Program?

    Today I Pray
    May I search my soul for those little hankerings of want that may keep me from delighting in all that I have. If I can just teach myself not to want too much, not to expect too much, then when those expectations are not satisfied, I will not be let down. May I accept with grace what the grace of God has provided.

    Today I Will Remember
    I, alone, can grant myself the “freedom from want.”