Daily Reflection

MARCH 18
REAL INDEPENDENCE
The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher
Power, the more independent we actually are.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 36
I start with a little willingness to trust God and He causes
that willingness to grow. The more willingness I have, the
more trust I gain, and the more trust I gain, the more
willingness I have. My dependence on God grows as my
trust in Him grows. Before I became willing, I depended on
myself for all my needs and I was restricted by my incompleteness.
Through my willingness to depend upon my
Higher Power, whom I choose to call God, all my needs are
provided for by Someone Who knows me better than I
know myself—even the needs I may not realize, as well as
the ones yet to come. Only Someone Who knows me that
well could bring me to be myself and to help me fill the
need in someone else that only I am meant to fill. There
never will be another exactly like me. And that is real
independence.