String of Pearls 113
The following ideas have helped me.
-I have learned that my Higher Power does not want to change me as much as She wants to help me actualize the wonderful person I already am, beneath all the fears and shame.
-Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life” means whatever choice I make, my Higher Power is always with me.
-Our safety and joy are not dependent upon me, but upon the faithfulness and kindness of my Higher Power.
-My experience tells me that when I live to avoid being criticized, I somehow invite criticism.
-It is impossible to overestimate the love of my Higher Power, but It is sure fun to try
-If my spiritual experience is not freeing, then I have fallen into a snare created by a human that wants to control me for his own benefit.
-In my program, I have felt that I was taught the fundamental spiritual truths before I was born. Spiritual meaning is ingrained in my heart, Somehow, I lost conscious contact with these profound spiritual realities as I matured, but the truth resonates inside of me. I feel like I recognize the truth that has come to me more than I feel like the truth is something that is foreign to me.
-There is a feeling in my meetings that I just love. For years, because I felt so inferior that I was always trying to prove I was good enough by tryiing to be better than. Now I delight in being with people who are just like me.
-Sometimes I need to pray,”God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, namely that I am a good man.
-Why is it that insults go straight to my heart but I sometimes defend myself when I am complimented