Why I Pray In The Shower

It can be hard for passionate types like myself to not get into a debate when my beliefs are challenged.  However, I am beginning to stay away from any form of debate in my life and move on to what I know brings me more happiness.  Although, I am beginning to realize we may never “all just get along.” I do believe if we try to find some common bonds with each other, most of us can.  I should know this as I have witnessed it first hand.  There were numerous times in AA meetings when someone who I never would have wanted to be around in my drinking days would speak and make me realize there were at least some  things we could agree on and this helped form some common bonds between us, like ones of hope and empathy. Ones of respect and love. And the best one. Whether it was the God of the Bible or AA that any of these people used as a “Higher Power” to help them get sober, they like me, were able to overcome the hell that was their life while drinking. Then when I saw how these same people were also happy, it no longer mattered to me what they believed in. It only mattered to me that it worked for them, and again like me, that they were grateful for the lives they had today.

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When we have a true sense of self love, self worth, and a confidence in our own beliefs, it is so much easier to accept the things we don’t like or agree with. I for one have worked hard to achieve a happiness that can only come from having the things I mentioned, and as a result, no matter what someones race, color, politics, religion, beliefs, or sexual preferences may be, I can love them for who they are. I may not like some of them as a person, but I truly do try to see the best in people. Of course the foundation for all of this is my growing belief that something had to create life and the Universe for a reason. I wrote in my book that on the days when my belief in myself and a Creator are strong, I feel a joy that’s different from any other happiness I feel. Thankfully there are more days now when I feel this joy, but on the ones I don’t, it’s usually because I’m not practicing love, kindness, understanding, and tolerance. It was by practicing these simple principles that I began to feel a sense of self-love and self-worth. And as I continued to do so I also began to see how it drew different people and events into my life that not only added to the these two things, but filled me with a confidence in myself and my beliefs. Hopefully someday as I continue on the spiritual path I’ve been on for some time now, I will feel the joy I speak of everyday. But until then I will simply keep trying as best I can each day to be better than I was before, and even on the days when I struggle to do so, still love myself enough to be happy with who I am.

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