First Is First

 What does “First things first” mean?  It is about priority.  What is your priority each day.  For a recovering person it would be sobriety.  For a person on a spiritual path, it would be listening to their God or Higher Power.  So who do you listen to first in trying to get some advice or direction in your daily path?  If it is just yourself to whom you listen, then it is said, “you are being led by an idiot.”  I don’t know if it is all that bad, but it is truly better to listen first to God and then move along.  God can speak in mediation prayer, but also in another person who you trust is on a spiritual path.  Over time you begin to trust in this spiritual force wherever and however it speaks to you.  Our own singular advice can be filled with too much desire for power, control and esteem.  God-listening is spiritual medicine that keeps us healthy in our decisions.  I try to listen early in the day with reading and meditation and advice from others.  I am not my first advisor.