Today's Thought - April

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April 20

Reflection for the Day

Any number of addicted people are bedeviled by the dire conviction that if they ever go near the program—whether by attending meetings or talking one-to-one with a member—they’ll be pressured to conform to some particular brand of faith or religion. They don’t realize that faith is never an imperative for membership in the program; that freedom from addiction can be achieved with an easily acceptable minimum of it; and that our concepts of a Higher Power—as we understand it—afford everyone a nearly unlimited choice of spiritual belief and action. Am I receiving strength by sharing with newcomers?
Today I Pray

May I never frighten newcomers or keep away those who are considering coming to the program by imposing on them my particular, personal ideas about a Higher Power. May each discover his or her own spiritual identity. May all find within themselves a link with some great universal Being or Spirit whose power is greater than theirs individually. May I grow, both in tolerance and in spirituality, every day.
Today I Will Remember

I will reach, not preach.

Today's reading is from the book A Day at a Time: Daily Reflections for Recovering People*