Week No. 04 — Introduction

Lent 2023 | Day 08 | Wednesday, March 01

☝️ This and the following line really strike a sensitive chord inside of me. I am a people pleaser to a fault. I struggle with codependency issues. I often fail to act because I fail to trust that I will be okay if my actions offend someone else. I am a conflict avoider to the degree that it has negatively affected both jobs and relationships. I want applause. I want to be liked. I want instant gratification. I want everything to be perfect because I want to anticipate every possible reaction and outcome and mitigate as much discomfort as possible... And on and on it goes.

All of that can really mess up a person's ablity to create freely, because none of those wants are controllable. At all. The Welcoming Prayer invites me to remember that the creation process is different than the editing process or the marketing process or the connection process. Right now, and right here, I can be wholly who I am.

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• Click Here To Read The Welcoming Prayer

  Welcome, welcome, welcome.
  I welcome everything that comes to me today
  because I know it is for my healing.

  I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations, and conditions.

  I let go of my desire for power and control.

  I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval and pleasure.

  I let go of my desire for survival and security.

  I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself.

  I open to the love and presence of God and God’s action within.

  Amen.

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  Text in bold is this week’s focus.

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