December 28

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
To love someone is to give them something of ourselves. We risk being vulnerable; we want to share so much of ourselves. That person learns a great deal about how we feel and what we think. Our openness has given this person the power to hurt us. In sharing to this degree, we give up some of our personal power. Yet if we do not risk giving up some of our power, we will never experience what it feels like to be truly loved and cared about.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May I be willing to take the risk to love and to be loved.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I would rather feel someone's love than have only my power.

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June 4

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Letting someone love me seems, such a simple thing, but, in my emotional turmoil, I had to make it complex. I had to start asking why. Why would someone want me? What were they after? What is this going to cost me? I found it impossible to receive a natural, tolerating, caring, free-flowing acceptance from another person. My first experience in this area was EA. I was totally accepted with no strings attached. With the help of these great people, I learned to accept their love. I learned that love is not control or manipulation. Love is letting people be themselves and loving them that way.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Your love has no strings attached. Help me to love the same way.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Allowing someone to love me will not make me less of a person, but more of a human being.

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March 4

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
We may talk about love, define love, read books about love, and see movies about love but still not be loving. One way to start being loving is to love what bothers you. Is there a person who irritates and angers you? Think, "I love you and God bless you." Is there someone you resent? Think, I love you and God bless you." Do you fear a person who seems to stand in the way of your good? Let love eliminate the fear. Think, "I love you and God bless you." You may at first be thinking, "I love you" with tight lips and clenched fists. As it get to be habit, love takes over and the words truly become meaningful.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May I become more loving and only see Your gift of love in the people I meet today.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Love erases fear, anger, and resentments.

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September 10

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Most of my life situations call for a response, one which is a choice between love and power. I can react either in a loving, compassionate manner, or I can choose to exercise my power by demanding, intimidating, manipulating, or attempting to influence in a way which is beneficial to me. Giving advice to others can be an attempt to control. Giving to others what I want them to have is not necessarily a loving act.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Loving well is a learned behavior which requires effort and time. Help me to be a good student.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Loving is a choice.

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August 19

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
The intrinsic value of love is hard to measure or describe. Love encourages brotherhood and acceptance of others. It allows appreciation of one's surroundings. Love is easily detected in how one responds to annoyances and diversity. It promotes thinking of the positive aspects of daily situations rather than on the negative failures and shortcomings. Love is being truthful in our relationships with others and is expressed in our response to everyday life because it is not limited by boundaries.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Help me to sincerely love and appreciate the life I am privileged to live each day.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Love without truth is not good; neither is truth without love.

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