February 27: Just for Today meditation, read by Chris M.

Just for Today meditation for February 27, read by Chris M.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:[email protected] 27"Pure" motives"We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling."Basic Text, p.42––––=––––Imagine a daily meditation book with this kind of message: "When you wake up in the morning, before you rise from your bed, take a moment for reflection. Lie back, gather your thoughts, and consider your plans for the day. One by one, review the motives behind those plans. If your motives are not entirely pure, roll over and go back to sleep." Nonsense, isn't it?No matter how long we've been clean, almost all of us have mixed motives behind almost everything we do. However, that's no reason to put our lives on hold. We don't have to wait for our motives to become perfectly pure before we can start living our recovery.As the program works it's way into our lives, we begin acting less frequently on our more questionable motives. We regularly examine ourselves, and we talk with our sponsor about what we find. We pray for knowledge of our Higher Power's will for us, and we seek the power to act on the knowledge we're given.We've begun working a spiritual program. We won't ever become spiritual giants. But if we look at ourselves realistically, we'll probably realize that we've been doing better than we've been feeling.––––=––––Just for today:I will examine myself realistically. I will seek the power to act on my best motives, and not to act on my worst. ––––=––––© NA World ServicesThis podcast is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous, and is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom