May 22

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
There are times when my anger is enjoyable and almost fun - particularly when I feel I have been treated unfairly. I relish feeling sorry for myself and love to go over and over in my mind the grievances done to me. I perform a play mentally and plan the bitter confrontation soon to come. I play both roles and write the script for the wrong doer and the wronged. I enjoy the taste of the words I'm going to use. I don't sleep well while I am rehearsing this mental play, and soon I am angry with myself and the whole world. That is when the fun stops. That is when the truth sets in. That is when I realize I am hurting only myself. The person I have lost sleep over has been sleeping soundly all the time. That is the time when I start praying for the person I am angry with.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Help me to plan a mental script which uses the words, "I forgive you."

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Anger is an emotion I cannot nurture; it costs me my serenity.

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January 18

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
"My problem is not powerlessness, but too much power over my emotions," I said. Then I learned that controlled emotions control me. "Of all emotions, I relate to anger least, " I said. Then I learned that my large choices in life, no less than my idlest snap judgments of people, were ruled by unadmitted angers and fears. "How inappropriate theirs angers are," I said of my near ones. But my own poor strategies of living had gone to produce the emotional climate I complain against. I learned detachment and forgiveness.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May my love for others continue to grow as I learn to acknowledge my true feelings and to accept the consequences of my feelings in the real world.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I will listen to my feelings and direct them toward recovery.

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October 15

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Someone said at a meeting that anger comes from other people not meeting my expectations. If that is true - and I see it is true for me - then I have two choices: I can either stay angry, or I can lower my expectations. If I choose to stay angry, the only person I hurt is myself. My blood pressure goes up, I get acid indigestion, headaches, and become depressed. Or I can choose to lower my expectations. That is another way of letting go of what I cannot control, of not playing God by thinking that my way is the only right way.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
I ask You to help me deal with my anger honestly.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Unrealistic expectations for myself or others creates anger.

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July 24

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Over and over in the program I have heard that anger and resentment are our number one enemies. This does not mean I am to deny the anger or resentment I may feel at times. What it does mean is that I need to deal with these emotions in the present so they do not again gain power over me and my behavior. Feelings I deny will always find an outlet. The more open and honest I can be, the less power, anger and resentment I will have in my life again.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Because I am so uncomfortable with my anger, help me to be honest when it is present, or else it will build up and snowball into self-defeating behavior.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Being human, I will continue to experience the gamut of emotions, including anger and resentment.

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