Expectations

 We tend at times to set the bar too low in our expectations of doing good.  Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found it empty.  All she wanted was to find the body of Jesus and give him a decent burial.  She never expected that he would be alive, raised from the dead.  Jesus had much more in mind for her…to become the herald of Good News.  It is the same with an addicted person coming into their first few Recovery meetings.  Their hopes, expectations, are that they can find a way to stop the addiction, and stay stopped.  That they would have a whole new life does not occur to them.  So when you are trying to do “better” don’t set the bar too low.  Persist and maybe be surprised.  You too may rise to a new life.  Recovery has a beginning but no end.