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Todays reading is a good one. The idea of humility can be confusing, some people think of it as being submissive and a 'slave to my situation and accept everything that comes, however humiliating.' It talks about humility as 'not being meek surrender to an ugly, destructive way of life.' Its about surrendering to Gods will. Humility lets our Higher Power in and helps us see that our own will has helped the chaos and confusion and we have added to our difficulties, or for me often caused them.
For me, this reading is saying, don't let your ego drive all your thoughts and behaviours, it never worked out well before did it? So, being able to admit where I have tried to force things to go my way is humility for me, as well as being able to see that there is a higher power that i can trust and this stops me fighting life and helps me go along with it.
Humility and weakness are not the same thing. Negative self presentation isn't humility either. But I want to read more about humility got me thinking I know what it's not- but I'm not sure I know exactly what it is.
LC- Thanks for posting the ODA T reading for today as well as your thoughts.
Before program I too confused, humility, with having no self, treating others better than myself, making myself invisible and making others more important. Program has given me a different awareness and powerful tools to back it up.
Today I believe that being humble means that I acknowledge that there is a power greater than myself, that I am powerless over people places and things and that I don't know all the answers.
Al-Anon tools made sure that I developed my self-esteem and self-worth, beforer insisting that I look at humility as an important asset. Today I have self-esteem, nurture myself, treat myself with kindness, courtesy and respect and then reach out and share that with others.
Thanks for taking the topic Elcee :) thank god that God always gives me what I need and not what I want. The ego is a funny thing it looks for recognition and accolades. It wants to be special. It's always lurking around waiting for a entrance...Gods will .....not my will be done. I don't have to understand how God works..life feels better when I keep my life simple with prayer, meditation and program and feels great when I'm able to fully trust God. Things happen that I am not able to understand. Humility looks for the teacher and lesson in every experience...everything said...by everyone....listening,watching, feeling and learning. Gods gift to us the life and this experience...Thankyou for all your shares and allowing me to share..I'm blessed to be here;)
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I needed these behaviors in my past they helped me survive I'm finding new and better ways to not just survive but thrive
