Endigar 457 ~ Today, I’m Free
From Today’s Daily Reflections;
This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power – that if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be still and know that He, not I, was God. (As Bill Sees It, page 114)
I am learning to practice acceptance in all circumstances of my life, so that I may enjoy peace of mind. At one time life was a constant battle because I felt I had to go through each day fighting myself, and everyone else. Eventually, this became a losing battle. I ended up getting drunk and crying over my misery. When I began to let go and let God take over my life I began to have peace of mind. Today, I am free. I do not have to fight anybody or anything anymore.
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I am not good with acceptance. Over and over I have discovered this. It is almost a running joke that I have acceptance issues.
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…”
I used to believe that you could be anything you wanted to be, if you set your mind to it. The flip side of that is that if I did not achieve ‘whatever,’ then I had a weak mind and cowardly heart. This helped lay the groundwork for seeing myself either as the potential savior of all or a waste of human flesh.
I know that there are some things I have chosen to pursue that are a waste of time and life energy. I need to be able to let go and accept the path that the Spirit of the Universe reveals to me.
Daily Reprieve 
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