~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Prayer
"As the alcoholic goes along with his
process of prayer,
he begins to add up the results.
If he persists, he will almost surely
find more serenity, more
tolerance, less fear, and less anger.
He will acquire a quiet courage, the
kind that doesn't strain him. He can look at so-called failure and
Success for what they really are. Problems
and calamity will begin to mean instruction, rather than
destruction. He will feel
freer and saner. . . Wonderful
and unaccountable things will start to happen.
Twisted relations with family and on
the outside will unaccountably improve."
Bill
W., June 1958
c. 1988AAGrapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 241
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Thought to Consider . . .
Trying to pray is praying.
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H O P E = Hang On; Pray Every day
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Attitude
From "Going with
the Flow:"
"One way to keep the channel open
and to
improve my conscious contact with God
is
to maintain a grateful attitude.
On the days
when I am grateful, good things seem to
happen in my life. The instant I
start cursing
things in my life, however, the flow of
good
stops. God did not interrupt the
flow;
my own negativity did."
c. 1990, Daily
Reflections, page 319
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A SAFETY NET
Occasionally. . . We are seized
with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these
things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply
resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us.
TWELVE STEPS
AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105
Sometimes I scream, stomp my feet,
and turn my back on my Higher Power. Then
my disease tells me that I am a failure, and that if I stay angry I'll surely
get drunk. In those moments of self-will it's as if I've slipped over a
cliff and am hanging by one hand. The above passage is my safety net, in
that it urges me to try some new behavior, such as being kind and patient with
myself. It assures me that my Higher Power will wait until I am willing
once again to risk letting go, to land in the net, and to pray.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Easy Does It - but Do It
Procrastination
is really sloth in five syllables.
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"My
observation is that some people can get by with a certain amount of
postponement,
but few can live with outright rebellion."
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"We have
succeeded in confronting many a problem drinker with that awful alternative,
"This we A.A.'s do, or we die." Once this
much is firmly in his mind, more drinking only turns the coil tighter. "As
many an alcoholic has said, "I came to the place where it was either into
A.A. or out the window. So here I am!"
1.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 67 - 2. LETTER, 1952 - 3.
LETTER, 1950
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"Now
we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the
past. We attempt to sweep away the debris
which has accumulated out
of our effort to live on self-will and
run the show ourselves. If we
haven't the will to do this, we ask
until it comes. Remember it was
agreed at the beginning we would go to
any lengths for victory over
alcohol."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg.76~
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A.A. Thought for the Day
I have gotten over my procrastination. I was always putting
things off till tomorrow and as a result they never got done. "There is
always another day" was my motto instead of "Do it now." Under
the influence of alcohol, I had grandiose plans. When I was sober I was too
busy getting over my drunk to start anything. "Someday I'll do
that"-but I never did it. In A.A. I have teamed
that it's better to make a mistake once in a while than to never do anything at
all. We learn by trial and error. But we must act now and not put it off until
tomorrow. Have I learned to do it now?
Meditation for the Day
"Do not hide your light under a
bushel. Arise and shine, for the light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen in thee." The glory of the Lord shines in the
beauty of your character. It is risen in you, even
though you can realize it only in part. "Now you see as in a glass darkly,
but later you will see face to face." The glory of the Lord is too
dazzling for mortals to see fully on earth. But some of this glory is risen in you when you try to reflect that light in your
life.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may try to be a reflection of the Divine Light.
I pray that some of its rays may shine in my life.