April 22

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
When tense and confused, I need to realize I cannot force-feed thoughts, positive or negative, to my hurting emotions. It only serves to cause more anxiety and depression. I must be accepting of my thoughts and feelings - be able to admit being unable to change them all at once or on my own. They may not make sense at the time and may contradict what I believe. I need to accept them with gentleness and compassion.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Help me accept that I am hurting. Help me to be gentle with myself and to reach out.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Part of growth is realizing that hurt people, hurt people. I will apply this to myself.

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June 24

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
In dealing with many people and situations in my life, I find I feel I must hid the true me. Sometimes my emotions, especially fear, get in the way of relating to other people, and I feel I do not fit in. But there is hope! At an EA meeting I can be myself. I can share my feelings and show my emotions. I can be me. As I find strength through EA meetings and friends, I find this strength beginning to carry over in other areas of my life.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May I always remember that being emotional is not bad and does not make me weak. My emotions are given to me by You as a way to express all my inward feelings.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I will love and accept myself as I am.

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September 30

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Negative or unpleasant emotions are not a yardstick of reality, or of self-worth. Because I feel shame, for instance, does not mean I should be ashamed of myself. Because I feel panic does not necessarily mean there is something to be afraid of. Feelings may have no external or intellectual significance. Feelings are meant to be experienced and accepted, not analyzed. All I can conclude from feeling bad is that I am feeling bad. I realize that emotions are neither good nor bad, that feelings do not make me a good or bad person, that emotions and intellect are separate. Trying to "interpret" the intellectual meaning of my emotions is useless - like trying to spell words but using only numbers.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Help me to accept my feelings without judging them or myself.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
My best strategy in dealing with unpleasant emotions is simple acceptance.

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