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bluidkiti · 02-12-2025, 06:53 AM

February 12

Making Amends

As Freya North once said, "It’s not a person's mistakes which define them - it's the way they make amends." It's not just saying we are sorry about things that we may have done in the past, although that can be part of it. Some people may not want to hear from us ever again, and we need to honor that. When we do make verbal amends, we admit mistakes, but it isn't always about making right what was wrong. Sometimes making amends involves listening to others describe how what we did affected them. We can make indirect or direct amends. Once we offer them, we move on from our amends. Clearing up bad energy is important.

I don't believe in making direct amends if there is a chance that doing so might injure myself or others. Making amends is about making better or improving, amending our behaviors and our actions. It's not about repentance for me. It's about taking responsibility and changing my behavior. And sometimes it's even an opportunity to show others how much I've changed - that my amends show themselves in me.

Though we can't take back the past, recovery gives us opportunities to change the future.

Today's reading is from the book She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women*

02-12-2025, 06:53 AM	#14
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,393	February 12 Making Amends As Freya North once said, "It’s not a person's mistakes which define them - it's the way they make amends." It's not just saying we are sorry about things that we may have done in the past, although that can be part of it. Some people may not want to hear from us ever again, and we need to honor that. When we do make verbal amends, we admit mistakes, but it isn't always about making right what was wrong. Sometimes making amends involves listening to others describe how what we did affected them. We can make indirect or direct amends. Once we offer them, we move on from our amends. Clearing up bad energy is important. I don't believe in making direct amends if there is a chance that doing so might injure myself or others. Making amends is about making better or improving, amending our behaviors and our actions. It's not about repentance for me. It's about taking responsibility and changing my behavior. And sometimes it's even an opportunity to show others how much I've changed - that my amends show themselves in me. Though we can't take back the past, recovery gives us opportunities to change the future. Today's reading is from the book She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.