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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 10, 2005

         Daily Reflections

        FIXING ME, NOT YOU

          If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also.
          TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 90

          What a freedom I felt when this passage was pointed out to me!
          Suddenly I saw that I could do something about my anger, I could
          fix me, instead of trying to fix them. I believe that there are
          no exceptions to the axiom. When I am angry, my anger is always
          self-centered. I must keep reminding myself that I am human, that
          I am doing the best I can, even when that best is sometimes poor.
          So I ask God to remove my anger and truly set me free.

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        Twenty-Four Hours A Day

          A.A. Thought For The Day

          When new members come into my A.A. group, do I make a special
          effort to make them feel at home? Do I put myself out to listen
          to them, even if their ideas of A.A. are vague? Do I make it a
          habit to talk to all new members myself, or do I often leave
          that to someone else? I may not be able to help them, but, then,
          again it may be something that I might say that would put them
          on the right track. When I see any members sitting alone, do I
          put myself out to be nice to them, or do I stay among my own
          special group of friends and leave them out in the cold?  Are all
          new A.A.s my responsibility?

          Meditation For The Day

          You are God's servant. Serve Him cheerfully and readily.
          Nobody likes a servant who avoids extra work, who complains
          about being called from one task to do any less enjoyable. A
          master would feel that he was being ill served by such a servant.
          But is that not how you so often serve God? View your day's work
          in this light. Try to do your day's work in this light. Try to do
          your day's work the way you believe God wants you to do it, never
          shirking any responsibility and often going out of your way to be
          of service.

          Prayer For The Day

          I pray that I may be a good servant.
          I pray that I may be willing to go out of my way to be of service.

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        As Bill Sees It            
        
         Atmosphere Of Grace, p. 93

          Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it
          than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine.  And for the same reason.  When we refuse
          air, light, or food, the body suffers.  And when we turn away from meditation and prayer,
          we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support.

          As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul.  We all need the
          light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace.
          To an amazing extent the facts of A.A. life confirm this ageless truth.

          12 & 12, pp. 97-98

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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.

The first two French Canadians to learn about A.A. did so in the basement of my home.  All French-speaking meetings in existence today were born out of those early meetings.

p. 198

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         Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

Step One - "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable."

We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness and all its consequences. Until he so humbles himself, his sobriety--if any--will be precarious. Of real happiness he will find none at all. Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life. The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.

pp. 21-22

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          Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
          --Jewish Proverb

          Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
          --Ralph Waldo Emerson

          "Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and
          imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and
          growing."
          --Jim Rohn

          "If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide
          upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children one of
          the greatest of all blessings."
          --Brian Tracy

          "Wanting what I don't have keeps me from having what I do have."

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        Father Leo's Daily Meditation

          TOLERANCE

                                            "Art, if it is to be reckoned with
                                            as one of the great values of life,
                                            must teach men . . . tolerance."
                                                 -- Somerset Maugham

          There is something about art that is accepting, tolerant and reconcilable with
          "difference". I have observed that artists --- those who paint, write, dance, sculpture,
          design --- are also people who are accepting and tolerant because they need the
          "different" in order to create and progress. Things cannot stay the same and art is the
          recorder of man's journey towards the truth; but mankind needs friction, argument,
          confrontation, rejection --- yes, "difference" in order to grow and develop.

          People say that artists are crazy, and I suppose this is true. But we need crazy people to
          take the world where it needs to go. In the crazy, the seed of genius is often buried.

          Lord, before I reject the artist or the "crazy", let me seriously consider the message.

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          Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever.
          Psalm 136 : 1

          "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
          freedom."
          2 Corinthians 3:17

          " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
          Phillipians 4:13

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          Daily Inspiration

Most often a gentle approach is the best resolution to a conflict. Lord, I have been given today to improve myself and make life better for others. Help me walk in the way that You lead me.

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Never let the abundance of gifts from God cause you to forget the Giver. Lord, may I start and end each day with a thank you to You for all of my blessings including those which I take for granted.

Ask and you shall receive,
Seek and ye shall find,
Knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Matthew 7:7

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