Honesty
- Dr. Robert Booker
- Jan 18, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 2, 2024
January 17
Good morning. Our keynote is "Honesty". Today's Meditation and Prayer suggest using our attitude toward God and our fellows as protection against frets, impatience, worry, or "evil" thoughts. I had always believed my "attitude" to be my mindset, or the way I thought and felt about some person, thing, or situation. Under that definition, my attitude was beyond my immediate control. I was enslaved to it. In early sobriety, I was given a new definition of attitude, which is "angle of approach". Upon reading that definition, I experienced a life-changing epiphany. I realized that my angle of approach is the way I ACT toward someone or something. Under the "new" definition, my attitude instantly became totally within my control. Since that moment, I have known that I can control my attitude and use it as a tool to maintain God consciousness and help me focus on others and what I can do for them. When I use my "attitude" in that manner, frets, impatience, worry, and "evil" thoughts do, indeed, magically evaporate.
I love you all.
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