Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   July 3                                                          Quiet time

    "Many of us have found that setting aside quiet time for ourselves is
         helpful in making conscious contact with our Higher Power."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 95

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   Most of us pay lip-service to the value of conscious contact with a Higher
   Power.   Yet how many of us consistently take time to improve that
   conscious contact?  If we've not already established a regular regimen
   of prayer and meditation, today is the day to start one.

   A "quiet time" need not be long.   Many of us find that twenty to
   thirty minutes is enough time to quiet ourselves, focus our attention with
   a spiritual reading, share our thoughts and concerns in prayer, and take a
   few moments to listen for an answer in meditation.  Our "quiet time"
   need not be lengthy to be effective, provided it is consistent.   Twenty
   minutes taken once a month to pray will probably do little but frustrate
   us with the poor quality of our conscious contact.  Twenty minutes taken
   regularly each day, however, renews and reinforces an already lively
   contact with our Higher Power.

   In the hustle and bustle of the recovering addict's day, many of us end
   up going from morning to night without taking time out to improve our
   conscious contact with the God we've come to understand.  However, if we
   set aside a particular time of the day, every day, as "quiet time," we
   can be sure that our conscious contact will improve.

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   Just for today:   I will set aside a few moments, once I finish reading
   today's entry, to pray and meditate.  This will be the beginning of a
   new pattern for my recovery.