Post by bagger015 on Mar 14, 2007 18:10:01 GMT -5
Just For Today
March 14 Relationships
"Also, our inventories usually include material on relationships."
Basic Text p. 29
What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery,
entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others.
Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers, friends,
parents, co-workers, children, and others with whom we come in
contact. A look at these associations can tell us much about our
essential character.
Often our inventories catalog the resentments that arise from
our day-to-day interactions with others. We strive to look at our
part in these frictions. Are we placing unrealistic expectations on
other people? Do we impose our standards on others? Are we
sometimes downright intolerant?
Often just the writing of our inventory will release some of the
pressure that a troubled relationship can produce. But we must also
share this inventory with another human being. That way, we get
some needed perspective on our part in the problem and how we can
work toward a solution.
The inventory is a tool that allows us to begin healing our
relationships. We learn that today, with the help of an inventory,
we can start to enjoy our relationships with others.
Just for today: I will inventory the part I play in my relationships. I
will seek to play a richer, more responsible part in those relationships.
Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous ©
1991 by World Service Office Inc.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Get Involved In Service*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
March 14 Relationships
"Also, our inventories usually include material on relationships."
Basic Text p. 29
What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery,
entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others.
Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers, friends,
parents, co-workers, children, and others with whom we come in
contact. A look at these associations can tell us much about our
essential character.
Often our inventories catalog the resentments that arise from
our day-to-day interactions with others. We strive to look at our
part in these frictions. Are we placing unrealistic expectations on
other people? Do we impose our standards on others? Are we
sometimes downright intolerant?
Often just the writing of our inventory will release some of the
pressure that a troubled relationship can produce. But we must also
share this inventory with another human being. That way, we get
some needed perspective on our part in the problem and how we can
work toward a solution.
The inventory is a tool that allows us to begin healing our
relationships. We learn that today, with the help of an inventory,
we can start to enjoy our relationships with others.
Just for today: I will inventory the part I play in my relationships. I
will seek to play a richer, more responsible part in those relationships.
Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous ©
1991 by World Service Office Inc.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Get Involved In Service*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.