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Your
Daily Reprieve for Monday April 13, 2020
From Waynesville, NC
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More frequently
the words in my heart
are compatible with the
tune
in my head
~David M
"We learn the magical
lesson
that making the most of
what we have
turns it into more."
--Codependent No More
If you knew Who walks
beside you at all times
on this path that you have
chosen,
you could never experience
fear or doubt again.
AND What could you not accept,
if you but knew that
everything that happens,
all events, past, present
and to come,
are gently planned by
One Whose only purpose is
your good?
~A Course In Miracles
"A man must find time
for himself.
Time is what we spend our
lives with.
If we are not careful we
find others spending it for us. . . .
It is necessary now and
then for a man to go away by himself
and experience loneliness;
to sit on a rock in the forest
and to ask of himself,
'Who am I, and where have I
been, and where am I going?' . . .
If one is not careful, one
allows diversions
to take up one's time-the
stuff of life."
~Carl Sandburg |
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Big Book Quote
"There is a
principle which is a bar against all information, which
is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—, that principle is contempt prior to investigation.'" ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Appendice II, Spiritual Experience, pg. 568~ |
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4/30 Sandra M. (Airdrie, Scotland)…..31
1554 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when
we were wrong promptly admitted it."
As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions? p. 88 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
Having found my way into this new world by the grace of God and the help of A.A., am I going to take that first drink, when I know that just one drink will change my whole world? Am I deliberately going back to the suffering of that alcoholic world? Or am I going to hang onto the happiness of this sober world? Is there any doubt about the answer? With God's help, am I going to hang onto AA. with both hands? Meditation For The Day I will try to make the world better and happier by my presence in it. I will try to help other people find the way God wants them to live. I will try to be on the side of good, in the stream of righteousness, where all things work for good. I will do my duty persistently and faithfully, not sparing myself. I will be gentle with all people. I will try to see other people's difficulty and help them to correct it. I will always pray to God to act as interpreter between me and the other person. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may live in the spirit of prayer. I pray that I may depend on God for the strength I need to help me to do my part in making the world a better place. |
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Daily Thought
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Possibilities
"How shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? The A.A. answer to these questions about living is 'Yes, all of these things are possible.'" Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 112 Thought to Consider . . . It works - it really does. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 88 *~*AACRONYMS*~* E G O Easing God Out |
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Daily Reflection
THE FALSE COMFORT OF
SELF-PITY
Self-pity is one of the
most unhappy and consuming defects
that we know. It is a bar
to all spiritual progress and can
cut off all effective
communication with our fellows because
of its inordinate demands
for attention and sympathy. It is a
maudlin form of martyrdom,
which we can ill afford.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 238
The false comfort of self-pity
screens me from reality only
momentarily and then
demands, like a drug, that I take an
ever bigger dose. If I
succumb to this it could lead to a
relapse into drinking. What
can I do? One certain antidote is
to turn my attention,
however slightly at first, toward others
who are genuinely less
fortunate than I, preferably other
alcoholics. In the same
degree that I actively demonstrate
my empathy with them, I
will lessen my own exaggerated
suffering.
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Pot Luck
Think today of how good life can be.
And you'll see that life's true goodness comes not from
what you have,
but from how much you value and appreciate it.
There is no end to the possibilities for richness and fulfillment in your life.
There is no limit to what you can make of whatever you
have.
Consider what you are able to be thankful for,
and you'll discover something wonderful and empowering.
You can be
thankful for it all.
Look back and you'll see that the pleasures and the pains
have both pushed you forward and given you countless
opportunities for real growth.
You've been
supported by the good things you do have
and inspired to reach for those things you do not yet
have.
The triumphs have given you joy
and the disappointments have strengthened your
determination.
All of it has enabled you to more richly fulfill the
beautiful, genuine person you are.
Treasure all that is around you, whatever it may be,
and open yourself to the positive possibilities.
Be truly
thankful for it all,
and every day is even more rich and fulfilling than the
day before.
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