Your Daily Reprieve 05.31.21

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday  May 31, 2021   From Waynesvile, NC

“A religious, or spiritual experience, is the act of giving up reliance on one’s own omnipotence.” Dr. Harry Tiebout, September 1944,   Anytime you feel discord, it's an outcome of believing something that's not true. ~Adyashanti   Life begins where fear ends. ~ OSHO     "Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." ~Viktor E. Frankl

Big Book Quote   "We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men."   ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, Page 46~

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18   Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!     MAY 2021 Anniversaries     5/1 Greg F. (New York, NY)…..5 5/1 Bryan E. (NYC, NY)…..7 5/1 Carolina C. ()…..27 5/1 Rhonda B. (Tuscon, AZ)…..20 5/1 Sybil VR K. (Germany)…..3 5/1 Becky W. (Exeter, NH)…..12 5/2 Marcia U. (Waynesville, NC)…..25 5/2 Dolores G. ()…..21 5/2 Steve W. (Cape Cod, MA)…..6 5/2 Eddie C. (Southampton,UK)…..21 5/3 Joe C. (NC)…..13 5/3 Cathy M. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..11 5/3 Joe C. (NC)…..13 5/4 Regina M. (NYC, NY)…..23 5/4 Patrick R. (Whatley, MA)…..10 5/4 Tony W. (Sherman Oaks, CA)…..19 5/5 Ricky Mc. (Fort Lauderdale, FL)…..7 5/5 Denny M. (The Villages, FL)…..39 5/5 Tommy D. (Nantucket, MA)…..21 5/6 Joseph T. (Albuquerque, NM)…..15 5/7 Anthony A. (BYOC Mamaroneck, NY)…..25 5/7 Sallie P. (Peak’s Island, ME)…..7 5/7 Leo H. (New South Wales)…..16 5/8 Rossana G. (Michigan)…..27 5/9 Stuart O. (Springfield, VA)…..9 5/10 John H. (Miami, FL)…..39 5/10 Jim P. (Carmel, CA)…..10 5/10 Ursula (Sue) V. (Kittery, ME)…..15 5/10 Jeffrey A. (New Milford, NJ)…..28 5/11 Deb W.(Waltham, MA)…..10 5/11 Jeannie l. ()…..24 5/11 Vaugn T. (Gladstone, NJ)…..17 5/12 Beth N. (Asheville, NC)…..24 5/12 Theresa S. (Aberystwyth, Wales)…..15 5/12 Pat P. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..15 5/13 Gary V. (Portage, IN)…..35 5/14 Christine H. (Portsmouth, RI)…..10 5/15 Tricia M. (Rye, NY)…..27 5/15 Judi H. (Oakwood, GA)…..33 5/15 Shelley D. (Bensalem, PA)…..27 5/15 Bill O. (East Hampton, NY)…..17 5/15 Orry M. (New York, NY)…..2 5/15 Scott H. ()…..15 5/16 Randi P. (Jacksonville, FL)…..8 5/17 Lisa B. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..10 5/17 Alan T. (Sarasota, FL)…..29 5/17 David LivinMyDream H. (Lewisburg, PA)…..31 5/17 John C. (East Hampton, NY)…..20 5/18 Tony R. ()…..3 5/19 Rachelle S. (Waynesville, NC)…..28 5/20 Karen W. ()…..2 5/21 Frank S. ()…..3 5/21 Tom L. (Manchester, UK)…..10 5/22 Suzy A. (Toronto, CA)…..11 5/23 Erik A. (Mequon, WI)…..38 5/23 Phyllis C. (Montgomery, Texas)…..28 5/23 Stephen B. ()…..1 5/24 Harry K. (Velez, Malaga, Spain)…..28 5/26 Mark D. (So. Berwick, ME)…..18 5/26 Kate W. (Cape Cod, MA)…..6 5/26 Lee T. (Phoenix, NY)…..30 5/26 Lisa F. (Shokan, NY)…..17 5/26 Jerry S. (New York, NY)…..39 5/26 Monica F. (Los Angeles, CA)…..4 5/26 Larry S. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..30 5/27 Adam G. (Gallatin, TN)…..17 5/28 Krista D. (Bristol, VT)…..32 5/28 Phil K. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..46 5/28 Susan L. (Westhampton, NY)….. 8 5/29 Kathleen S. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..20 5/29 JD S. (Cleveland, OH)…..1 5/29 Allen V. (Phoenicia/Astoria, NY)…..13 5/29 Bumpersticker Billy (Ports., RI)…..23 5/29 George B. (Cleveland/Key Largo)…..8 5/30 Bill D. (New York, NY)…..38 5/30 Irene L. (Lamoine, ME)…..33 5/30 Matt C. (Ringwood, UK)…..16 5/31 Art D. (Mequon, WI)…..37 5/31 Stephen L. (Clinton, NJ)…..12 5/31 Rhoda M. (East Hampton, NY)…..15     1436 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12   Step Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." As we glance down the debit side of the day's ledger, we should carefully examine our motives in each thought or act that appears to be wrong. In most cases our motives won't be hard to see and understand. When prideful, angry, jealous, anxious, or fearful, we acted accordingly, and that was that. Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected. p. 94

Twenty-Four Hours     A.A. Thought For The Day I shall not wait to be drafted for service to A.A. I Shall volunteer. I shall be loyal in my attendance, generous in my giving, kind in my criticism, creative in my suggestions, loving in my attitudes. I shall give to A.A. my interest, my enthusiasm, my devotion, and most of all, myself. Do I also accept this as my AA. credo? Meditation For The Day Prayer is of many kinds, but of whatever kind, prayer is the linking up of the soul and mind to God. So, if prayer is only a glance of faith, a look or a word of love, or just a feeling of confidence in the goodness and purpose in the universe, still the result of that prayer is added strength to meet all temptations and to overcome them. Even if no supplication is expressed, all the supply of strength that is necessary is secured, because the soul, being linked and united to God, receives from Him all spiritual help needed. The soul, when in its human body, still needs the things belonging to its heavenly habitation. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be taught how to pray. I pray that I may be linked through prayer to the mind and will of God.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Tornado "The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. He is like the farmer who came up out of his cyclone cellar to find his home ruined. To his wife, he remarked, 'Don't see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain't it grand the wind stopped blowin?'" Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 82 Thought to Consider . . . "We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us . . ." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 88 *~*AACRONYMS*~* B U T Being Unconvinced Totally

Daily Reflection   READINESS TO SERVE OTHERS . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission—to carry the A.A. message to those who don't know there's a way out TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151   The "Light" to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The "Steps" to self-improvement have small beginnings, but each Step builds the "ladder" out of the pit of despair to new hope. Honesty becomes my "tool" to unfurl the "chains" which bound me. A sponsor, who is a caring listener, can help me to truly hear the message guiding me to freedom. I ask God for the courage to live in such a way that the Fellowship may be a testimony to His favor. This mission frees me to share my gifts of wellness through a spirit of readiness to serve others.

Pot Luck   Today's quotation: Feeling grateful to or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life. ~ Christiane Northrup     Today's Meditation:   Gratitude is one of the strongest magnets in the world. When we feel and express our gratitude, then we're opening doors and windows through which many good things can flow into our lives. If we keep those doors and windows closed, though, we can count on not attracting to ourselves very many of the things that truly count in life, such as good people and good things.   Appreciation--sincere appreciation, that is--is one of the keys to a rich, full life. Appreciation and gratitude prove that we don't take things for granted, that we're not expecting certain things simply as a matter of course in our lives. And because life tends to mirror to us just what we give to life, it can give us back more to be grateful for only when we feel and show our sincere gratitude.   Yesterday someone came and took away the trash that we left outside. Most people see this as a normal part of life--of course they took the trash away, for that's their job. But when I think of all the work I would need to do if these people didn't provide this service to me, I'm filled with gratitude that their service allows me to focus on other things in my life. People also keep the water flowing in our town, and they keep the electricity coming to our home. People stock the shelves at the supermarket so that I can buy the foods I need and want, people drive trucks to deliver the gasoline to the stations where I buy gas. . . and on and on.   If you want to have in your life more of the things that you value deeply, then it's important to feel and to show gratitude and appreciation--two of the most important magnets in our lives that so many people neglect as they take things for granted.

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