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Old 01-21-2014, 02:08 AM   #1
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

You are reading from the book Today's Gift

If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
—Olin Miller

Smug was a kitten who thought she knew everything. She knew how to clean herself with her sandpaper tongue, how to sleep, eat, and keep warm, and how to sharpen her tiny claws. One day, her mother wanted to teach Smug to climb trees. I don't need to learn this, thought Smug, I already know everything I need to know. Without much interest, Smug watched her mother climb a tall tree and come down again. When it was Smug's turn, she said, "I'll stay on the ground where it's safe." Just then, a large black dog came trotting around the corner.

Aren't we often like Smug, certain that we know all we need to know, or that we really don't need to know something another is trying to teach us? When we rid ourselves of the pride that keeps us from learning these things, we'll feel a little safer if any big black dogs come around the corner. And we will have grown smarter by recognizing our need to know more.

Am I smart enough to admit my need to learn more today?
Learned in early in recovery that this was a disease of perception. For me the five A's of change says it all, "Be aware, admit, acceptance, attitude and action."
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