April 5

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
I continue to take personal inventory as suggested in the Tenth Step. As time passes, I become more aware of my wrongdoings as they occur. My being aware of these wrongs (gossip, irritability, selfishness, false pride, etc) will not erase them from my life. Admitting and accepting them is a beginning. Realizing how they alienate me from myself, as well as others, can give me the incentive to give them up.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
I ask for help from my Higher Power in handling each of my shortcomings.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
I will not only take my personal inventory, but also ask God to help me today to turn my defects into positive actions.

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January 13

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
By now I can safely assume I am going to make mistakes as long as I live. They are a nuisance, but they have become an increasingly familiar nuisance. I think I would miss them now if they suddenly vanished. When I admit my mistakes, it is like welcoming my inlaws - they are a pain in the rear, but they are a part of me and I have learned to love them (a little). As Step Ten suggests, if I continue to take personal inventory, I can catch the mistakes almost as soon as I make them and then promptly admit them - to myself and others.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
May I remember to regularly work Step Ten to guard against old behavior patterns creeping into my life. Help me to take responsibility for my mistakes and to face the consequences which are the result.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
The biggest mistake I can make is to not search out my mistakes.


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October 4

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Often I look back and say, "I knew better than to do that." I knew before I used the angry word, blamed, shouted, ran away, etc. that what I was doing was wrong. I did it anyway. Now with a daily program and a planned quiet time I can avoid many of these backward looks by realizing when the danger signs appear. I can choose at what time how to handle these situations. I can avoid hurting others through a daily Step Ten. I can rally acknowledge the feelings as mine and choose how to handle them during a quiet time.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Let me keep an eye out for danger signs and seek quiet when they arise.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Only in quiet can I hear my inner voice and make a choice.

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September 24

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
In order to maintain this loving attitude which I have started to experience, I frequently have to give up some necessary characteristic of my self-will. Each time it is a different item: an attitude, an erroneous belief, and unrealistic goal, or another person's approval. Once I discover through one of the Twelve Steps what is hampering my progress, I ask God to remove that defect, just for today. Steps Four and Ten are most useful when I feel separate from God and do not realize why. Working Step Four releases me from all past wrongdoings, and Step Ten keeps present wrongdoings from piling up.

MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Let me not stray too far from You before I begin to work a step to help myself.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
To change the things I can.

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