Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   March 29                                                 Our own true will

     "...God's will for us consists of the very things we most value.
          God's will... becomes our own true will for ourselves."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 48

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   It's human nature to want something for nothing.   We may be ecstatic
   when a store cashier gives us back change for a twenty though we only paid
   with a ten.  We tend to think that, if no one knows, one small deception
   won't make any difference.  But someone does know-we do.  And it does
   make a difference.

   What worked for us when we used frequently doesn't work long in
   recovery.  As we progress spiritually by working the Twelve Steps, we
   begin to develop new values and standards.  We begin to feel uncomfortable
   when we take advantage of situations that, when we used, would have left
   us gloating about what we had gotten away with.

   In the past, we may have victimized others.  However, as we draw closer to
   our Higher Power, our values change.  God's will becomes more important
   than getting away with something.

   When our values change, our lives change, too.    Guided by an inner
   knowledge given us by our Higher Power, we want to live out our newfound
   values.  We have internalized our Higher Power's will for us-in fact,
   God's will has become our own true will for ourselves.

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   Just for today:   By improving my conscious contact with God, my values
   have changed.  Today, I will practice God's will, my own true will.