GOING WITH THE FLOW

November 6 – Daily Reflections

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him. . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96

The first words I speak when arising in the morning are, "I arise, O God, to do Thy will." This is the shortest prayer I know  and  it  is  deeply  ingrained  in  me.  Prayer  doesn't change God's attitude toward me; it changes my attitude toward God. As distinguished from prayer, meditation is a quiet  time,  without  words.   To  be  centered  is  to  be physically relaxed, emotionally calm, mentally focused and spiritually aware.
One way to keep the channel open and to improve my conscious  contact  with  God  is  to  maintain  a  grateful attitude. On the days when I am grateful, good things seem to happen in my life. The instant I start cursing things in my life, however, the flow of good stops. God did not interrupt the flow; my own negativity did.