12 STEPS TO A STRONGER SPIRITUAL LIFE - CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE

  1. Meditation - Get quiet and listen to your Higher Power through your feelings and intuition.

 2.  Prayer - Talk to your Higher Power (out loud or in your head) as if you were talking to a
      close, personal friend.

 3.  Humility - You accept that there is a power higher then yourself and you are humbled by it.

 4.  Study - Read, write, learn, listen.

 5.  Simplicity - Slow down. Experience and appreciate the simple things in life: 
      nature, music, friends.

 6.  Solitude - Take some time to be alone and listen to your own inner music.

 7.  Submission - Surrender everything to your Higher Power, as you understand it.

 8.  Service - Reach out to people in need and give of yourself and your resources.

 9.  Confession - Find someone you can trust and confide your deepest, darkest secrets to them. Release the shame.

10. Worship - Be in awe of your Higher Power. Bow your head - metaphorically or literally.
      Be thankful for the grace that has been freely given to you.

11. Celebration - Be grateful! Raise your hands in joy and celebration. Sing, dance and be merry.

12. Guidance - Work with a mentor who is in constant contact with his Higher Power.

- adapted from LAA website by Susan Peabody