April 29

”If you spend too much time warming up, you’ll miss the race. If you don’t warm up at all, you may not finish the race.” Grand Heindrich

I heard a story once about a person in recovery who was having a hard time with procrastination, especially in terms of picking up some tools of recovery. A counsellor suggested that this individual go to the local sports store, buy a “Just Do It” t-shirt and wear it every day for a week. The person was to simply look in the mirror, see the slogan, and find the stimulation to work a bit of their program. I won’t deny that it is often hard for me to stick to my routine. I am learning through my work in Step Three that my blocks to working on improving my spiritual health are the same excuses that I use when I don’t want to exercise, eat healthy, get enough sleep, or any of the other things that maintain and improve my physical condition. Imagining my spiritual centre or soul as a physical entity helps me to see that I need to put work into its upkeep and to strengthen it. Reading spiritual material, prayer. Meditation – all these are “exercises” to improve my spiritual “body” and are just as important as how I treat my physical body.

Affirmation I will make time to focus on my spiritual health today and look at establishing healthy activities into my daily routine.