Your Daily Reprieve 07.01.23

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday July   1,  2023   From Waynesville, NC

"Don't bleed before you get a wound" ~Anonymous     Think of it this way.  Maybe God doesn’t want that much from you. Rather, maybe God wants so much for you.  There are no maybes about this – it is God's blessing that the more you give, the more you get. ~Prayables     If one insisted always on being serious, and never allowed him or herself a bit of fun and relaxation, one would go mad or become unstable, without knowing it.         -Herodotus     The more fun you have, the greater your value to yourself and to your society.  The more fun you share with others, the more fun you have.       -from the "Purported Utterances of the Oaqui"

Big Book Quote   "Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. Love and tolerance of others is our code."   Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84     Bill Schaberg Writing The Big Book Video Readings https://www.youtube.com/@billschaberg8911/videos

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12&12   Step Seven - "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." This lack of anchorage to any permanent values, this blindness to the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result. For just so long as we were convinced that we could live exclusively by our own individual strength and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible. This was true even when we believed that God existed. We could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves. As long as we placed self reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God's will, was missing. p. 72

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day In following the A.A. program with its twelve steps, we have the advantage of a better understanding of our problems. Day after day our sobriety results in the formation of new habits, normal habits. As each twenty-four-hour period ends, we find that the business of staying sober is a much less trying and fearsome ordeal than it seemed in the beginning. Do I find it easier as I go along? Meditation For The Day Learn daily the lesson of trust and calm in the midst of the storms of life. Whatever of sorrow or difficulty the day may bring, God's command to you is the same. Be grateful, humble, calm, and loving to all people. Leave each soul the better for having met you or heard you. For all kinds of people, this should be your attitude: a loving desire to help and an infectious spirit of calmness and trust in God. You have the answer to loneliness and fear, which is calm faith in the goodness and purpose in the universe. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be calm in the midst of storms. I pray that I may pass on this calmness to others who are lonely and full of fear.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Forgiveness "The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive. To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us. This is especially true if he has, in fact, behaved badly at all. Triumphantly, we seize upon his misbehavior as the perfect excuse for minimizing or forgetting our own. If we are now about to ask forgiveness for ourselves, why shouldn't we start out by forgiving them, one and all?" Bill W. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 78 Thought to Consider . . . We are prisoners of our own resentments. Forgiveness unlocks the door and sets us free.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* D E T A C H Don't Even Think About Changing Him/Her

Daily Reflection   THE BEST FOR TODAY The principles we have set down are guides to progress ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60   Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not overwhelm myself with life's problems, and how much more work needs to be done. I let myself be comforted in knowing that my life is now in the hands of my Higher Power, a master craftsman who is shaping each part of my life into a unique work of art. By working my program I can be satisfied, knowing that "in doing the best that we can for today, we are doing all that God asks of us."

Pot Luck   Step by Step "Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitude." - Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, 1976, "They Stopped in Time," Ch 17 ("Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict"), p 449. Today, grant me understanding and acceptance that my alcoholism and recovery depend on ME to make fundamental changes spiritually - and that those changes will not come from the world changing to accommodate me. If I have not yet accepted that I must live life on its terms or if I have not accepted and surrendered to the basic truth that I am powerless over alcohol, I am undoubtedly going to stumble not too far out of the starting gate. I cannot expect the realities of life to change any more than I would change myself to comply with someone else's expectations of me. Thus, for the basic changes that I must make for a quality sobriety, I have to look inward. Today, I scrap my expectations of the world and everyone to meet MY standards; instead, ask if maybe the problem isn't ME. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2021

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