For Today: September 30th

There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley

Success has nothing to do with pleasing or impressing others.  When I listen to my innermost self, I know what is best for me.  Accepting and staying aware of who I am makes me less dependent on what other people think.  When I trust myself, I have the backing of my Higher Power.  To go through life my own way, attending to the things that are important to me, is to free myself of the chains convention would have me wear.  Only then can I call myself a success.

I am thankful that this program shows me what is truly necessary in my life: contact with my Higher Power, closeness with those who love me for what I am, and confidence in my own choices.

For Today:  I am healthy, free and independent of all that is harmful for me.

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When I spent my time pleasing others instead of myself, I didn't know who I was; I had no sense of self; no sense of purpose; no sense of faith in me.  My opinions weren't my own; they were based on what others told me I should think.

When I took on the OA program, I learned to trust in God first, and then in myself.  I started making my own decisions based on what I thought, and based on my own integrity and God's value system instead. 

Nowadays, while I may not be a 'success' in the conventional way, with everything I do, I am a success in so many more important areas of my life.  I am a work in progress, and will be until the day I die.  For today, I am grateful for a program to follow that gives me guidance in every aspect of life.