June 16: Just for Today meditation, read by Dani the Girl

Just for Today meditation for June 16, read by Dani the Girl

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June 16

Accepting life

"Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program."

Basic Text, p.92

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It's relatively easy to accept the things we like—it's the things we don't like that are hard to accept. But remaking the world and everyone in it to suit our tastes would solve nothing. After all, the idea that the world was to blame for all our problems was the attitude that kept us using—and that attitude nearly killed us.

In the course of working the steps, we begin to ask ourselves hard questions about the roles we ourselves have played in creating the unacceptable lives we've lived. In most cases, we've found that what needed changing was our own attitude and our own actions, not the people, places, and things around us.

In recovery, we pray for wisdom to know the difference between what can and can't be changed. Then, once we see the truth of our situation, we pray for the willingness to change ourselves.

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Just for Today:

Higher Power, grant me the wisdom to know the difference between what can be changed and what I must accept. Please help me gratefully accept the life I've been given.

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is your Just For Today episode featuring a recovering
addict. Hi, my name is Danny the girl.

(00:25):
My clean date is February 17th, 2022.
You're listening to the. Voices of Recovery podcast, This
is the just for today. For.
June 16th Accepting life Some things we must accept, others we

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can change. The wisdom to know the
difference comes with growth in our spiritual program.
Basic text page 95 It's relatively easy to accept the
things we like. It's the things we don't like
that are hard to accept. But remarking the world and
everyone in it to suit our tastes would solve nothing.

(01:09):
After all, the idea that the world was to blame for all of
our problems was the attitude that kept us using, and that
attitude nearly killed us. In the course of working the
steps, we begin to ask ourselveshard questions about the roles
we ourselves have played in creating the unacceptable lives
we lived. In most cases, we found that

(01:32):
what needed changing was our ownattitude and our own actions,
not the people, places, and things around us.
In recovery, we pray for the wisdom to know the difference
between what can and can't be changed.
Then, once we see the truth of our situation, we pray for the
willingness to change ourselves,just for today.

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Higher Power, grant me the wisdom to know the difference
between what can be changed and what I am to accept.
Please help me gratefully acceptthe life I've been given.
The Voices of Recovery Podcast is an independent production of
The Works of Wisdom. We welcome your questions and

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