Readings

Yesterday's For Today:
"He loseth nothing that keepth God for his friend." Thomas Fuller

about a new OAer who was afraid to "act as if" because he would be a hypocrite. And the answer: "Oh, heaven forbid! You could be a glutton, a thief and an egomaniac - vicious in every way; you could smell bad, look bad, but by God we don't want you to be a hypocrite!"
And that man recovered
"For today: There is nothing to lose in seeking the God of my understanding except my false pride, my food obsession, my fat and all he life-destroying illusions that this illness breeds."

Today's:
"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln

..."I never tried it, so how could I know? I spent much of my life believing that my happiness depended on other people and what they did or did not do.
The fact that I am sometimes unhappy today only shows that I am, consciously or unconsciously, clinging to old habits; that is, I'm not willing to be happy.
Like everything else that's good in my life, *willingness is the key* to happiness.
For today: I choose to be happy - and I allow myself happiness."

Today's Voices of Recovery:

"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Step Two

Out of time. Will try more later.