• kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 4 years, 8 months ago

    AUGUST 1 Reflection for the Day

    Self-pity is one of the most miserable and consuming defects I know. Because of its interminable demands for attention and sympathy, my self-pity cuts off my communication with others, especially communication with my Higher Power. When I look at it that way, I realize that self-pity limits my spiritual progress. It’s also a very real form of martyrdom, which is a luxury I simply can’t afford. The remedy, I’ve been taught, is to have a hard look at myself and a still harder one at the Gamblers Anonymous Program’s Twelve Steps to Recovery.

    Do I ask my Higher Power to relieve me of the bondage to self?

    Today I Pray

    May I know from observation that self-pitiers get almost no pity from anyone else. Nobody – not even God – can fill their outsized demands for sympathy. May I recognize my own unsavory feeling of self-pity when it creeps in to rob me of my serenity. May God keep me wary of its sneakiness.

    Today I Will Remember

    My captor is my self.