Meditations on "Truth"

An important part of living with God in recovery is coming to an accurate view of what went wrong in our relationships and doing our part to make things right.

Negative feelings are usually attached to a lie. To get beyond negative feelings we must reject the attached lie and choose for the truth while our feelings are still vulnerable.

Wealth is often seen as the source of contentment and happiness.

It is so much easier to name ways that others irritate us than to accept there are ways we irritate others.

We all need time to relax and unwind from the responsibilities of a busy day.

The way we think has the most powerful impact on how we face each day.

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous makes this statement: “Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.

As we continue our life with God in recovery it is wise to establish accountability for our actions, first to God and then to another person.

All of us like to be appreciated when we have acted wisely or done a good job.

People who wink at wrong cause trouble, but a bold reproof promotes peace.

The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer authored by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

When we notice the shortcomings in our character, do we immediately have a sense of remorse or are we more likely to try to justify them?