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JANUARY 24

PRAYER

EMOTIONAL BALANCE

“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”

Søren Kierkegaard

I needed a change in my life when I entered pain recovery. Prayer has been one of the greatest tools for providing that change, and it’s one that my program of pain recovery has provided me. When I am emotionally unbalanced, stuck in running “what if” scenarios repeatedly in my head, or thinking the worst about my current situation, I must remember that my higher power is as close as a prayer. I ask my higher power to direct my attention to His will for me, and away from my painful, destructive, or negative thoughts. I am no use to myself or to my fellows if I am emotionally unbalanced. Fortunately, prayer can help me regain the emotional balance I need for my recovery.

When I find I’m thinking about the future, running scenarios about “what if” something happens, I replace those thoughts with a repeated, internal prayer to ask my higher power for help. I seek out this power to keep me safe in the moment, as I attempt to feel the emotions I used to try to avoid in the here and now by thinking about the future.