My thought for today is Let It Begin With Me. It shifts my focus from waiting for the world to change to taking the first step myself. In the book How Al-Anon Works, it says "When we feel a need to change a situation, we can apply this slogan, and start with what we can change." Even in the serenity prayer, we are taught to accept things we cannot change, but also to have the courage to change things we can. Change often starts with individual kindness. We can begin by reaching out to welcome a new person to the neighbourhood or to a meeting, or by being the one who apologizes first in a heated argument. In all situations, it is my thought or action which can begin the process, hence the wording of the slogan.
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