Your Daily Reprieve 05.02.26

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday May 2, 2026   From Roanoke VA Mens Workshop

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. -Abigail Van Buren   The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. ~Brian Tracy   “Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson     Always follow these two rules:  first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change your opinion if someone shows you it’s wrong.  This change of mind must proceed only from the conviction that it’s both correct and for the common good, but not because it will give you pleasure and make you popular.     -Marcus Aurelius

BIG BOOK QUOTE   The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us.   P17

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Twenty-Four Hours  A.A. Thought For The Day In A.A. we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." Alcoholics always do everything to excess. They drink too much. They worry too much. They have too many resentments. They hurt themselves physically and mentally by too much of everything. So when they come into A.A., they have to learn to take it easy. None of us knows how much longer we have to live. Its probable that we wouldn't have lived very long if we had continued to drink the way we used to. By stopping drinking, we have increased our chances of living for a while longer. Have I learned to take it easy? Meditation For The Day You must be before you can do. To accomplish much, be much. In all cases, the doing must be the expression of the being. It is foolish to think that we can accomplish much in personal relationships without first preparing ourselves by being honest, pure, unselfish, and loving. We must choose the good and keep choosing it, before we are ready to be used by God to accomplish anything worthwhile. We will not be given the opportunities until we are ready for them. Quiet times of communion with the Higher Power are good preparation for creative action. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may constantly prepare myself for better things to come. I pray that I may only have opportunities when I am ready for them.

Daily Thought  ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Resentments In A.A. we slowly learned that something had to be done about our vengeful resentments, self-pity, and unwarranted pride. We had to see that every time we played the big shot, we turned people against us. We had to see that when we harbored grudges and planned revenge for such defeats, we were really beating ourselves with the club of anger we had intended to use on others. We learned that if we were seriously disturbed, our first need was to quiet that disturbance, regardless of who or what we thought caused it. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 47 Thought to Consider . . . Resentment is like acid, eating away at the vessel it is stored in. *~*AACRONYMS*~* F A I L U R E Fearful, Arrogant, Insecure, Lonely, Uncertain, Resentful, Empty

DAILY REFLECTIONS   LIGHTING THE DARK PAST Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 124   No longer is my past an autobiography; it is a reference book to be taken down, opened and shared. Today as I report for duty, the most wonderful picture comes through. For, though this day be dark— as some days must be—the stars will shine even brighter later. My witness that they do shine will be called for in the very near future. All my past will this day be a part of me, because it is the key, not the lock.

POT LUCK   I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. ~Katharine Hepburn   The first good news each day is that we wake up. We are breathing. Our hearts are beating, our minds working. The adventure of living begins. What does the day hold in store? We have no way of knowing what surprises lie in wait for us today. We may look forward, not just to the expected, but to the unexpected. Whom shall we meet? What will we see? What will we learn? How will we be entertained? What chances to help others will come our way? What chances to love and be loved?   Now that our eyes are opened to today's beauty, let us remain alert for new sights. Let us cry when sad, smile when touched, and laugh at what is funny in a whole new lifetime before us.   What can I be thankful for today?    Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families*

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