Growth

A child eats and drinks nourishment, but does not turn into an adult in a single day.  So too is it with prayer, service, spiritual growth, recovery.  We do these growth-oriented activities lest we go backward on a daily basis. But we don’t change for the better in any single day, and there may even be some setbacks from whatever selfish, childish, fearful life we used to live.  We know that we are growing if each day we realize and practice the nourishment we need.  Any child knows that it will be hungry if it does not eat.  Without food tomorrow will be worse.  “Become like children” is a wisdom saying.  Be vigilant and feed the interior life.