Daily Reflection

JULY 13
HUMILITY IS A GIFT
As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance
upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic
ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God's
will, was missing.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 72
When I first came to A.A., I wanted to find some of the
elusive quality called humility. I didn't realize I was looking
for humility because I thought it would help me get what I
wanted, and that I would do anything for others if I thought
God would somehow reward me for it. I try to remember
now that the people I meet in the course of my day are as
close to God as I am ever going to get while on this earth. I
need to pray for knowledge of God's will today, and see
how my experience with hope and pain can help other
people; if I can do that, I don't need to search for humility,
it has found me.