Today's Thought - June

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June 14

Effort

We are responsible for the effort, not the outcome.

~Anonymous

During our addictive years, it was a common practice to work things backward. We were known to eat our dessert before our main meal, to celebrate before we won, to assume the outcome before the event.

The problem with this behavior is that it takes no account of reality. Things move from beginning to end. The alphabet reads from A to Z. This seems so simple, but it can be tricky for people who are used to taking shortcuts. Our program is best utilized by starting with Step One and moving through each Step in sequence. We often hear of people Two-Stepping the program, moving from Step One immediately to Step Twelve. This practice often causes relapse.

It is essential that I put all my effort into every Step. If I do, the outcome will take care of itself. All I affect is my effort, and that will always speak for itself.

Today's reading is from the book Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations*