God Isn’t Picking On Me?

Do you really mean that? Are you sure?

It seems like this months Daily Reflections are more on target, for me, than most other months. What today’s actually speaks to my mind is: “Count Your Blessings, Not Your Troubles”

“One exercise that I try to practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings…”

“What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible, beginning with having been born of sound mind and body.”

Well, maybe he was born with a sound mind lol.

“I went through seventy-four years of living right up to the present moment. The list ran to two pages, and took two hours to compile; I included health, family, money, A.A. – the whole gamut.”

Instantly, I’m also grateful! I have a long way to go before I’d have to go through 74 years! Of course, family and money are still sticky issues for me and might not make it to the list, for now.

“Every day in my prayers, I ask God to help me remember my list, and to be grateful for it throughout the day. When I remember my gratitude list, it’s very hard to conclude that God is picking on me.”

God picking on me was one of those “overriding” states of mind I once had. Convinced there was something wrong with me that was hopelessly beyond repair. Thank God for AA.