Meditation of the Day
“Always remember you are Native - do things to make your people proud.”
All our choices and decisions will reflect on our people. We need to assume the accountability of honoring people. We must remember to conduct ourselves in a sacred way. Sometimes this is hard. But we must remember we have the assistance of the Spirit World, and we have the principles and values by which we should live, written in our hearts. The Creator will help us develop into a strong people if we just learn to depend upon Him.
Trusting People
“Most of us would have had nowhere else to go if we could not have trusted the Fellowship groups and members.”
Trusting people is a risk. Human beings are notoriously forgetful, unreliable, and imperfect. Most of us come from backgrounds where betrayal and insensitivity among friends were common occurrences. Even our most reliable friends weren’t very reliable. By the time we arrive at the doors of the Fellowship, most of us have hundreds of experiences bearing out our conviction that people are untrustworthy. Yet our recovery demands that we trust people. We are faced with this dilemma: People are not always trustworthy, yet we must trust them.
First, we remind ourselves that the rules of active addiction don’t apply in recovery. Most of our fellow members are doing their level best to live by the spiritual principles we learn in the program. Second, we remind ourselves that we aren’t 100% reliable, either. We will surely disappoint someone in our lives, no matter how hard we try not to. Third, and most importantly, we realize that we need to trust our fellow members of the Fellowship. Our lives are at stake, and the only way we can stay clean is to trust these well-intentioned folks who, admittedly, aren’t perfect.
Just for Today: I will trust my fellow members. Though certainly not perfect, they are my best hope.
By learning to trust in the principles and values of our ancestors and those of the Fellowship, we can find a path that strengthens us individually and collectively. With the Creator and the Spirit World by our side, we can transcend our fears and limitations, honoring ourselves and our people through sacred conduct and mutual trust.