May 31

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Suicide is the ultimate act of desperation. It is the final giving up. Life is over! No more goals, not more hopes, no more dreams. Maybe we feel that is what we want. Many of us have contemplated suicide; many more probably will. What has held us back? For me it was the knowledge of what it would do to my family. My father and an aunt both committed suicide, and I remembered what those experiences had done to me. No matter how hopeless my life was, and it was pretty bad, I could not leave my loved ones with those same feelings. As long as there is life, there is hope - an old cliché but still very true. Life can, and will, get better. Turn it over to your Higher Power and wait one more day.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Oh, God, when my loved ones took their own lives, it left me feeling abandoned and angry. Help me understand that when I have problems, I can turn them to someone for help.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I can live this one day - one hour at a time.

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January 3

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
No machine can last forever without periodic maintenance. Some of this can be done with the machine is in operating - oiling, tuning, cleaning. Other types of maintenance require "down time." In working the program, some steps are "operating" steps and some are more likely to be "down time" steps. Steps One through Three, Ten and Twelve are important in our operating maintenance. Steps Four through Nine may require down time. Step Eleven is a sort of bridge between and helps us know when down time is needed.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May I keep on top of what is happening enough to know when I need down time. May I plan some down time in the near future to do some preventive maintenance work on my program.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I cannot afford not to take periodic down time.

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