Monday, March 8, 2010

Today I am grateful for...

self-righteousness is a tool I have used to justify my behavior and my decisions, many of which have turned out to be the “right” thing for me. Yet today, I see that I do not have to convince anyone else of how right I may be or how wrong they are, so I am entirely ready for God to remove this self-righteous thinking to make room for the quiet compassion that can’t always find its way to the surface.
eloquence and articulation have enabled me to “explain” the same thing over and over and over again, hoping that eventually the person I am speaking to will see it my way and come around to my way of thinking.
humility is how I determine and promptly admit when self-righteousness begins to creep back in.
wisdom to know the difference between God’s will and my will, as well as the difference between humility and humiliation. I do not have to lose any part of my true self to achieve the former.
Al-Anon slogans – such as “Listen and Learn” which I will apply today to remind myself that I do not have all the answers.
Faeries keep me humble by providing me with all kinds of little surprises as reminders of just how human I am, and how important it is to just roll with this life I am privileged to know.

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