Thought for the Day – Vanity

Last month a friend suggested I start a daily email and blog about 12-steps and spiritual principles. My immediate reaction was “I am not doing that”. I began to contemplate why not ant the answers came flowing in.

‘self’ wants to be an AA guru but does not want to be seen by others as wanting to be an AA guru which is hilarious.

So I asked God to show me what to do. My Al Anon sponsor often says to me “what would someone with no ego do?”
Of course, I wouldn’t know as I have the family disease of alcoholism which comes with an infantile persisting ego. I can imagine what someone would do however so I started this email and blog despite self.

A few days later someone accused me of wanting to be a guru and I told them that “I did not” which is true and untrue. “I” do not but the false self demands it. It just wants to be ‘something’ as in truth, self is not a thing but an activity.

This is all so interesting to meditate on and write about.
I love AA so much and God has given me what seems to be a great gift of the ability to articulate a message of depth and weight because of you guys and primetime. The only issue is that when self claims any of that or anything at all… it’s disaster.

Wanting to carry the message is an asset. Add the family disease of alcoholism to any asset and it flys into a defect.

Just some thoughts I thought I would share with the group.

So just for today, I am going to apply ‘Rule 62’ for my life and see what happens!

Contemplation for the Day

Do I take my-self too seriously?

Prayer for the Day

God, please help me lighten the ‘f’ up!