Today's Thought -April

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April 27

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

~Norman Vincent Peale

We experience a wonderful transformation in attitude each time we, with God's help, suppress our ego and ask for God's blessings on someone we envy, fear, or simply don't like. Any action we take out of genuine concern for someone else's well-being will heighten our own - many times over.

Praying may be troublesome for some of us. But as we've learned the value of Acting As If in other instances, we can do so with praying, too. There is no formula for praying. Each attempt to speak to God is a prayer, one that God hears. Each loving thought we have toward someone near or far can be considered a prayer. We can pray in the midst of a crowd, at supper with family, lying in bed, or on our knees. With practice, prayer becomes easier. Through prayer, life becomes easier, too.

I will look at my attitude toward someone I'm having trouble with and work on changing it today, through prayer.

Today's reading is from the book In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery*