May 12

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
The program teaches us that when we turn our will and our life over to a Higher Power, that Higher Power will guide our lives. But, I asked myself, how will I know what to do? What is my Higher Power's responsibility and what is mine? The insight came: turn it over. God will show me what to do and how to do it. In a meeting, during meditation, reading or in conversations, an answer or idea comes. Once God gives me direction, I need to take action.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May I remember that when You guide my life it goes smoother than when I try to control it myself.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
God knows better than I do what is best for me.

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April 8

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
There seems to be a lot of contention about the concept of a Higher Power. Many easily accept the idea. Others find difficulty with it and blame their inability to acknowledge a Higher Power on what they perceive as logic. When we apply this to Step Two, we can see that no matter how we try to define our understanding of our Higher Power, we will come to a point where our concept does not make any sense. This we cannot change. Can I accept my Higher Power on its own terms, even though my Higher Power eludes logic?

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
To You whom I call my Higher Power, help me to believe You can restore balance to my life. Help me to avoid shading my understanding of You by molding You to my own ability to perceive.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
The concept of a Higher Power is profound and may elude logic.

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January 5

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
When I lose my balance, I instinctively reach out for something to grab on to. I am learning to pay more attention to this basic instinct and have come to see myself as a life-long toddler losing my balance in many relationships. Step Two suggests there is a power I can reach out to - one who will help me maintain my balance. It is great to know I have support. I am no longer on my own, stumbling and falling. The belief in this power gives me the stability I need in my life.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
I am not afraid to stumble any more; Your support brings balance to my life.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Believing in a Higher Power makes my life sane.

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December 13

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
The Second Step tells us we came to believe a power greater than ourselves could return us to sanity. In order to return to a place, one must have already been there. In each of us there is a place, perhaps even beyond our earliest memories, where we knew the perfect harmony of mind, body and spirit. Each of us is wonderfully made, designed to experience a vast range of emotions. Like high and low notes on a piano, like light and dark colors in a rainbow, it is the infinite range of possible variations which makes them beautiful and ever new. So, too, we need to experience all our emotions - high and low, light and dark. We then need to seek out in ourselves the place of harmony for each of them in our own unique range of self-expression. In EA that range is constantly widening, enabling us to "hear more music" and "see more colors" in our lives.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May I accept every emotion gratefully. May I acknowledge it, bless it, and allow You to help me interpret it.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I am wonderfully made! As Shakespeare marveled, "What a piece of work is Man!" (Woman, too!)

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June 30

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
When I first came into the program, I did not believe in God. I had decided there was no God. According to my thinking, there was too much suffering in the world and in my life for there to be a God. Life did not work the way I wanted, and I was not getting my way. I concluded that there could not be a God. Step Two said a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity. I had to become open to believe in a power greater than myself.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Help me to be willing to surrender my old ideas about You and develop new ones.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Misbelief, disbelief, and no belief produce my miseries.