The key to happiness is really progress and growth and constantly working on yourself and developing something.
Lewis Howes - Author-Athlete
Change is your friend not your foe; change is a brilliant opportunity to grow.
Simon T. Bailey - Author-Speaker
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
Paulo Coelho - Author
You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.
Unknown
Leap off the fence of indecision. Get out of the "want to lane" and put yourself into the "got to lane."
Gloria Mayfield Banks - Sales Trainer-Success Strategist
You gottawanna live with love in your heart. If you can't let go of the past please find help to learn how to move on with peace and love. Why give power to people who don’t matter to you anymore.
You've got to have rules to live by, and one of mine is always say yes. Put yourself in danger of something amazing happening to you.
Tom Bilyeu - Co-Founder & Host of Impact Theory
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
Robin Williams - 1951-2014 - Comedian-Actor
April 18 "I understand"
“We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.”
Step Seven
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Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, that’s when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortcoming seems to become. It is truly humbling to realize that not only are we powerless over our addiction, but even over our own defects of character.
Finally, it clicks. The Seventh Step doesn’t suggest that we rid ourselves of our shortcomings, but that we ask our Higher Power to rid us of them. The focus of our daily prayers begins to shift. Admitting our inability to perfect ourselves, we plead with our Higher Power to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. And we wait.
For many days, our program may stay on Step Seven. We may experience no sudden, total relief from defects—but we often do experience a subtle shift in our perceptions of ourselves and others. Through the eyes of the Seventh Step, we begin to see those around us in a less critical way. We know that, just like us, many of them are struggling with shortcomings they would dearly love to be rid of. We know that, just like us, they are powerless over their own defects. We wonder if they, too, humbly pray to have their defects removed.
We begin evaluating others as we have learned to evaluate ourselves, with an empathy born of humility. As we watch others, and as we keep watch on ourselves, we can finally say, “I understand.”
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Just for today: God, help me see through the eyes of Step Seven. Help me understand.
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Each day provides its own gifts.
Marcus Aurelius - 121-180 - Roman Emperor
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Tony Robbins - Author-Speaker
If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
William James - 1842-1910 - American Philosopher
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