August 5 - Among the important things we learn in Gamblers Anonymous is
to be good to ourselves. For so many of us though, this is a
surprisingly difficult thing to do. Some of us relish our suffering so
much that we balloon each happening to enormous proportions in the
reliving and telling. Self-pitiers are drawn to martyrdom as if by a
powerful magnet - until the joys of serenity and contentment come to
them though the GA Program and Twelve Steps.Am I gradually learning to be myself?
Today I Pray - May I learn to forgive myself. I have asked - and received - forgiveness from God and from others, so why is it so hard to forgive myself? Why do I still magnify my suffering? Why do I go on licking my emotional wounds? May I follow God's forgiving example, get on with the Program, and learn to be good to myself.
Today I Will Remember - Martyrdom; martyr dumb.
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