from the book "Touchstones. A Book of Daily Meditations for Men." © 1986 & "Twenty Four Hours a Day" © 1954
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Rewards - July 29th
Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.
The rewards of our new life are apparent to us because of how we feel, and apparent to others by what they can see. Many of us had reached our bottom point, and we felt there was no risk in trying a program of recovery. Yet, we still had some distorted security in our harmful ways of relating to others or in our addictions. Letting go was an experiment. This program gives us guidelines for experimenting with our life for growth, and we continue growing everyday. Some of our benefits are increased confidence and self respect, more intimacy with our partner, better friendships, and better physical health. We feel these changes in ourselves, and we see them in the other men and women in this program.
Today, I am grateful for the rewards in my life from this experiment in recovery.
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