Your Daily Reprieve 10.31.14
Your Daily Reprieve for Friday October 31, 2014 From Stuart , Florida Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion to clarity. . . . Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. --Melody Beattie Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: "We got through another night." --Enid Bagnold "Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet." ~Anonymous ***** When I first got sober, I somehow had the idea that once I did Steps Six and Seven that I would be fine. I would make a list of my character defects and shortcomings. I would work on them one at a time. Then (I thought) when I was finished with that one, I would move on to the next one. That's what I thought. Howev