Today's Thought - April

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April 26

Asking God for help is a sign of strength, not of weakness.

Before joining the program we didn't think we could ask anyone else for help. We mistakenly thought it was a sign of weakness and we had to be strong. How scared we were on occasion, and yet how unwilling we were to ask for help.

Coming to the program was our first step in breaking through the barrier. Since then, our willingness to continue asking for help has given us hope and growth we would never have attained otherwise.

Step Seven suggests that we ask God for the help we need. For some of us, it's easier to ask God for help than a human being. But the real lesson here is simply the asking. Admitting that we need help, that we can't do anything alone, makes us aware of our connection to all of life. That makes us peaceful. We feel secure. We belong. We are like others: We need them, and they us.

I will know that all is well today if I turn to God for whatever help I need. I don't need to do anything all alone.

Today's reading is from the book A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance*