Mariya Ali

Today, help me pay attention to all my recovery issues. Help me know that before I can work on the finer points of my recovery, such as my relationships, I must be free of addictive behaviors.

The Language of Letting Go

Thankfully, I have never felt the lure of addictions.

Unless you count chocolate.

Then I’m an addict that would sell my soul for my next fix.

Please guide my motives today. Help me love myself, and others too. Help me understand that more often than not, those two ideas are connected.

The Language of Letting Go

‘Where is my come from?’ is a phrase that now makes my skin crawl. So let’s rephrase that: “What’s my motivation?” More often than not, it’s an altruistic motive, but sometimes it’s not. It’s not even from a selfish place, but rather it’s from a place of wanting things to go a certain way so badly, that it controls (perhaps subconsciously) my actions.

So what to do? Pause and be mindful of my motives? To be honest, today I just feel like “meh. I’m good the way I am, thank you very much”. Quite serene, content and perfectly at ease. Rather than be conscious of my motives, I feel the need to ensure that I love myself and others too, as much as they (and I) deserve to be loved and that will rectify my motives at all times.

Yup, sounds like a plan.

Today, I call upon an energizing Power Source to help me. I will ask for what I need

The Language of Letting Go

Today, I will trust that what I cannot do for myself will be done for me. 

The Language of Letting Go

Sometimes, I just gotta breathe and let go. Relax, and trust that things will all fall neatly and beautifully into place.