Thought for today:

Credit cards are a dubious luxury of “normal people” – but they aren’t an essential ingredient for being  “grown up”!

A member shares:

“The credit card companies make these incredibly attractive terms to get us started, and it feels like magic!  Out of nowhere, money is there for anything we want”

” Flashy advertisements, accumulating points -it all creates the illusion of camaraderie, too.  In my history with credit, I never realized it, but the pleasure of spending was blinding me to the consequences of the contract I signed.

“I actually fooled myself into thinking the bank loaned me money because they were my friend.   And I was a good, faithful friend back.  Their monthly payment came first, and anything that threatened my payment relationship with plastic had to be put on hold.

“I never asked myself, “why would they loan me money, except to be repaid at a large enough profit?  Stamp ‘Sucker’ on my forehead, PLEASE!

“In DA, I found a fellowship where people really cared.”

Signpost #6 (that you may be a compulsive debtor)

“A different feeling when buying things on credit than when paying cash, a feeling of being in the club, of being accepted, of being grown up.”

Counterfeit love:

Craving acceptance, some of us have reached for “plastic love”, and regretted it.  What could possibly fill the void and make us feel whole again?

 Love is more powerful than plastic!  We had to develop awareness of counterfeit love, in order for  genuine love to appear.  We realized we had been playing a dangerous game with credit, and adults don’t play games they don’t want to play.

Self-love wasn’t grounded when it was based on  the “things” we treated ourselves to with easy credit.  It was by doing esteem-able things that self-esteem began to return.   We had to give love without seeking anything in return.

Ask:

Do I realize that  my self-esteem is an “inside job” between me and my Higher Power?

Meditation for today:

The world offers conditional love, as long as you agree to its terms of engagement.  That’s the business of life.

Put faith in something more: Love.  It is the antidote to worries.  But the only way you can take this antidote is to give it away.

Human beings need unconditional love for survival.  Where it exists, it’s bliss.   It binds wounds, and it’s contagious.

Love gets stronger when it is in fellowship with kind and caring people.

Affirmations for today:

“I track every penny, and use my money to build a vision in love.”

“As I find opportunities to love unconditionally, I complete my purpose.”

“I accept love when I find it, and pass it on freely to others.”

“I have a balanced approach to my spending, and my loving.”

Follow Through:

Find an opportunity for kindness, and learn more about love.

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