11-15-03

[rosie read and post]

Daily Reflections

VITAL SUSTENANCE

Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would
no more do without
it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same
reason. When we refuse
air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away
from meditation and prayer,
we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our
intuitions of vitally needed
support.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 97

Step Eleven doesn't have to overwhelm me. Conscious contact
with HP can be as
simple, and as profound, as conscious contact with another
human being. I can smile.
I can listen. I can forgive. Every encounter with another is
an opportunity for prayer,
for acknowledging HP's presence within me. Today I can bring
myself a little closer to
my Higher Power. The more I choose to seek the beauty of HP's
work in other people,
the more certain of His presence I will become.

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