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God grant me the
Serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
and Wisdom to know the difference.
Thy will, not mine, be done.
October 1, 2005
Daily Reflections
LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENT
It is easy to let up on the
spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for
trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85
When I am in pain it is easy to stay close to the friends I have found in the programs. Relief from that pain is provided in the solutions contained in A.A.'s Twelve Steps. But when I am feeling good and things are going well, I can become complacent. To put it simply, I become lazy and turn into the problem instead of the solution. I need to get into action, to take stock: where am I and where am I going? A daily inventory will tell me what I must change to regain spiritual balance. Admitting what I find within myself, to God and to another human being, keeps me honest and humble.
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day
A.A. Thought For The Day
A.A. will lose some of its effectiveness if I do not do my share. Where am I failing? Are there some things I do not feel like doing? Am I held back by self-consciousness or fear? Self-consciousness is a form of pride. It is a fear that something may happen to you. What happens to you is not very important. The impression you make on others does not depend so much on the kind of job you do as on your sincerity and honesty of purpose. Am I holding back because I am afraid of not making a good impression?
Meditation For The Day
Look to God for the true power that will make you effective. See no other wholly dependable supply of strength. That is the secret of a truly effective life. And you, in your turn, will be used to help many others find effectiveness. Whatever spiritual help you need, whatever spiritual help you desire for others, look to God. Seek that God's will be done in your life and seek that your will conforms to His. Failures come from depending too much on your own strength.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may feel that nothing good is too much for me if I look to God for help. I pray that I may be effective through His guidance.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85
When I am in pain it is easy to stay close to the friends I have found in the programs. Relief from that pain is provided in the solutions contained in A.A.'s Twelve Steps. But when I am feeling good and things are going well, I can become complacent. To put it simply, I become lazy and turn into the problem instead of the solution. I need to get into action, to take stock: where am I and where am I going? A daily inventory will tell me what I must change to regain spiritual balance. Admitting what I find within myself, to God and to another human being, keeps me honest and humble.
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day
A.A. Thought For The Day
A.A. will lose some of its effectiveness if I do not do my share. Where am I failing? Are there some things I do not feel like doing? Am I held back by self-consciousness or fear? Self-consciousness is a form of pride. It is a fear that something may happen to you. What happens to you is not very important. The impression you make on others does not depend so much on the kind of job you do as on your sincerity and honesty of purpose. Am I holding back because I am afraid of not making a good impression?
Meditation For The Day
Look to God for the true power that will make you effective. See no other wholly dependable supply of strength. That is the secret of a truly effective life. And you, in your turn, will be used to help many others find effectiveness. Whatever spiritual help you need, whatever spiritual help you desire for others, look to God. Seek that God's will be done in your life and seek that your will conforms to His. Failures come from depending too much on your own strength.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may feel that nothing good is too much for me if I look to God for help. I pray that I may be effective through His guidance.
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As Bill Sees It
Healing Talk, p. 102
When we consult an A.A. friend, we should not be reluctant to remind
him of our need for full privacy. Intimate communication is normally
so free and easy among us that an A.A. adviser may sometimes forget
when we expect him to remain silent. The protective sanctity of this
most healing of human relations ought never be violated.
Such privileged communications have priceless advantages. We find
in them the perfect opportunity to be as honest as we know how to
be. We do not have to think of the possibility of damage to other
people, nor need we fear ridicule or condemnation. Here, too, we
have the best possible chance of spotting self-deception.
Grapevine, August 1961
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Alcoholics Anonymous - Fourth Edition
Gratitude In Action
The story of Dave B., one of the founders of A.A. in Canada in 1944.
<>I wondered how this misery would end. I was full of fear. I was afraid to tell others what I felt lest they think I was insane. I was terribly lonely, full of self-pity, and terrified. Most of all, I was in a deep depression.
Then I recalled a book given to me by my sister Jean about drunks as desperate as I was who had found a way to stop drinking. According to this book, these drunks had found a way to live like other human beings; to get up in the morning, go to work, and return home in the evening. This book was about Alcoholics Anonymous.
pp. 195-196
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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
"How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us."**********************************************************Foreword
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged--the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland. Even then it was hard to find twoscore of sure recoveries in all three groups.
pp. 16-17
--Parks Cousins
I shall continue to believe. In hope there is faith, miracles do happen, in God I trust.
--Shelley
Time is my most precious resource, I choose to use it wisely and to cherish each moment, sober.
--Bob
I have a choice, I do not have to accept unacceptable behavior.
--Shelley
Whatever
you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there
is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are
always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are
right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end
requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has
its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
--Ralph Waldo EmersonSome people make the future; most wait for the future to make them.
--Cited in The Best of BITS & PIECES
There
is a choice you have to make, In everything you do. And you must always
keep in mind, The choice you make, makes you.
--UnknownYou can preach a better sermon with your life than you can with your lips.
--Unknown
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Father Leo's Daily Meditation
LAUGHTER
"We are all here for a spell, get
all the good laughs you can."
-- Will Rogers
When
I first heard recovering alcoholics laughing, I thought I was in the
wrong place. I was angry that they treated the disease so lightly. Then
slowly I began to see that laughter is part of joy --- a deep joy that
comes from personal healing. Laughter is spiritual because it is
a positive response to life. It is the noise of optimism.
And
there is so much in life to laugh about --- not only the funny things
we did, but also the "humor" that abounds in living. How funny is our
self-righteousness! How amusing we are in courtship. How ridiculous we
appear when we pretend to be serious and "in charge".
Laughter is the conversation of angels.
Let me see the miracle of humor in the gift of life --- and let me be prepared to share it.
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
"Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs."
Proverbs 10:12
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
James 2:17
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Daily Inspiration
The condition of your heart is reflected in your face. Lord, help me to remove all harsh feelings from within my soul so that I will radiate love and kindness and others can feel safe in seeking me out.Ask and you shall receive,
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A sense of humor brings you joy and brings joy to those around you. Lord, may I always be able to share a smile and never take life so serious as to block out the light from Your love.
Seek and ye shall find,
Knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Matthew 7:7
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