~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Serenity
"So, here I am, sober. Successful. Serene. Just a few of the gifts of the program for
surrendering,
suiting up, and showing up for life every
day. Good days and bad
days, reality is a wild ride,
and I wouldn't miss it for the world.
I don't question how this program
works.
I trust in my God, stay involved in AA
service, go to lots of
meetings, work with others,
and practice the principles of the
Steps to the best of my
willingness each day.
I don't know which of these keeps me
sober, and I'm not
about to try to find out.
It's worked for quite a few days now, so I think I'll try
it again tomorrow."
c.
2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous (Fourth Edition), p. 337
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Thought to Consider . . .
Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm.
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K I S S = Keep It Simple;
Surrender
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
From
"Ecstasy":
"I think now that this thoroughly
unsuccessful Twelfth Step effort (I pray H. may be in A.A. somewhere
by now) helped me. I’ve never since stopped being aware of the fact that as an
alcoholic I had better
not set my sights on being just like everybody else, just as
ordinary, just as unleavened. As a matter
of fact, I don’t really know anything about being
ordinary, that is, nonalcoholic, so I ought not to set
up some phony idea in my mind about normal living."
� 1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 117
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
TRUE AMBITION
True
ambition is not what we thought is was. True ambition is the deep desire to
live
usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 124-125
During my drinking years, my one and only
concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in
everything I did was to have the power to be at the top. My inner self
kept telling me something else but I couldn't accept it. I didn't even
allow myself to realize that I wore a mask continually. Finally, when the
mask came off and I cried out to the only God I could conceive, the Fellowship
of A.A., my group and the Twelve Steps were there. I learned how to
change resentments into acceptance, fear into hope and anger into love. I
have learned also, through loving without undo expectations, through sharing my
concerns and caring for my fellow man, that each day can be joyous and fruitful.
I begin and end my day with thanks to God, who has so generously shed His grace
on me.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Random Quote - Daily Acceptance
"Too much
of my life has been spent in dwelling upon the faults of others. This is a most subtle and perverse
form of self-satisfaction, which permits us to remain comfortably unaware of
our own defects. Too often we are heard to say, 'If it weren't for him (or her),
how happy I'd be!'"
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Our very first
problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we
are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility
without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need
to return to that unflattering point of departure. This is an exercise in
acceptance that we can profitably practice every day of our lives. Provided
we strenuously avoid turning these realistic surveys of the facts of life into
unrealistic alibis for apathy or defeatism, they can be the sure foundation
upon which increased emotional health and therefore spiritual progress can be
built.
1.
LETTER, 1966 - 2. GRAPEVINE, MARCH 1962
Copyright 1967 Alcoholics
Anonymous World Services,
Inc
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"We
try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor
do we carry the world's troubles on our
shoulders. When we see a man
sinking into the mire that is
alcoholism, we give him first aid and
place what we have at his
disposal."
Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132
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A.A. Thought for the Day
When people
come back to A.A. after having a slip, the temptation is strong to say nothing
about it. No other A.A. member should force them to declare themselves. It is
entirely up to them. If they are well grounded in A.A., they will realize that its up to them to speak up at the next meeting and tell
about their slip. There is no possible evasion of this duty, if they are
thoroughly honest and really desirous of living the A.A. way again. When they
have done it, their old confidence returns. They are home again. Their slip
should not be mentioned again by others. They are again a good member of A.A.
Am I tolerant of other people's mistakes?
Meditation
for the Day
It is in the union of a soul with God
that strength, new life, and spiritual power come. Bread sustains the body but
we cannot live by bread alone. To try to do the will of God is the meat and
support of true living. We feed on that spiritual food. Soul starvation comes
from failing to do so. The world talks about bodies that are undernourished. What
of the souls that are undernourished? Strength and peace come from partaking of
spiritual food.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray
that I may not try to live by bread alone.
I pray that my spirit
may live by trying to do the will
of God as I understand it.