Your Daily Reprieve 12.30.17

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday December 30,  2017 From St Augustine, FL

"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts.  I wonder why we think faster than we speak.  Probably so we can think twice." ~Bill Watterson "Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life." – Dr. Karl Menninger The most important journeys begin without map. May God bless you with a spiritual journey that is adventurous, exciting, and above all else - fulfilling. Transport yourself through prayer, follow God, your guide, and enjoy the trip. ~Prayables "I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only change Bessie. And honey, that ain't easy either."   --Bessie Delany

Big Book Quote " When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, Page 52~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day ADDIE HALE Sacramento, CA @ Unity Day Ripon, CA 01.31.1998 http://bit.ly/2kVUkro Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

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12&12 Step Seven - "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." But again we are driven on by the inescapable conclusion which we draw from A.A. experience, that we surely must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside. At this stage of our progress we are under heavy pressure and coercion to do the right thing. We are obliged to choose between the pains of trying and the certain penalties of failing to do so. These initial steps along the road are taken grudgingly, yet we do take them. We may still have no very high opinion of humility as a desirable personal virtue, but we do recognize it as a necessary aid to our survival. pp. 73-74

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day To the extent that I fail in my responsibilities, A.A. fails. To the extent that I succeed, A.A. succeeds. Every failure of mine will set back A.A. work to that extent. Every success of mine will put A.A. ahead to that extent. I shall not wait to be drafted for service to others, but I shall volunteer. I shall accept every opportunity to work for A.A. as a challenge, and I shall do my best to accept every challenge and perform my task as best I can. Will I accept every challenge gladly? Meditation For The Day People are always failures in the deepest sense when they seek to live without God's sustaining power. Many people try to be self-sufficient and seek selfish pleasure and find that it does not workb too well. No matter how much material wealth they acquire, no matter how much fame and material power, the time of disillusionment and futility usually comes. Death is ahead, and they cannot take any material thing with them when they go. What does it matter if I have gained the whole world, but lost my own soul? Prayer For The Day I pray that I will not come empty to the end of my life. I pray that I may so live that I will not be afraid to die.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Vision "Vision is, I think, the ability to make good estimates, both for the immediate and for the more distant future. Some might feel this sort of striving to be a sort of heresy, because we A.A.'s are constantly telling ourselves, 'One day at a time.' But that valuable principle really refers to our mental and emotional lives and means chiefly that we are not foolishly to repine over the past nor wishfully to day-dream about the future. . . Vision is therefore the very essence of prudence, an essential virtue if ever there was one." Bill W., 1962 1962 AAWS Twelve Concepts for World Service, 26th Printing, p. 40 Thought to Consider . . . The road to recovery is always under construction. *~*AACRONYMS*~* O D A A T One Day At A Time

Daily Reflection ANONYMITY Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became aware after I joined the Fellowship that I had personality problems, so that when I first heard it, the Tradition's message was very clear: there exists an immediate way for me to face, with others, my alcoholism and attendant anger, defensiveness, offensiveness. I saw Tradition Twelve as being a great egodeflator; it relieved my anger and gave me a chance to utilize the principles of the program. All of the Steps, and this particular Tradition, have guided me over decades of continuous sobriety. I am grateful to those who were here when I needed them.

Pot Luck To Each Their Own We can easily demonstrate our tolerance to others by allowing them the freedom to discuss their beliefs and opinions without offering up our own contradictions or critiques. While it is likely true that many of the people we encounter on a daily basis embrace ideas vastly different from our own, we should not imagine that their values do not serve them as well as our own serve us. Rather, we show the extent of our open-mindedness when we accept that just as human beings have unique needs, they will meet those needs in unique ways. Internalizing this simple notion allows us to share our personal ideologies with the others without asking that they adopt it as their own or change their general outlook on life. People around you will open up to you today because they can sense that you will not criticize their opinions or beliefs. Unknown

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