Your Daily Reprieve 09.30.25

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday September 30, 2025

From Waynesville, NC

"A highly developed value system is like a compass.

It serves as a guide to point you in the right direction

when you are lost"

~Idowu Koyenican

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve,

but a reality to experience.
Frank Herbert

One of the things that silently falls by the wayside

when our busy lives get stretched too thin is hope.

Hope is never limited to the unreal.

Hope is that process within ourselves t

hat stretches us beyond the ordinary,

beyond the possible to the impossible,

while at the same time rendering

what seemed impossible possible.

Hope feeds our soul and our being.

It is that immeasurable source of power that

comes from beyond ourselves and is not controlled by us.

Depriving ourselves of hope confines us to a world

grown void of color and surprises.

We no longer see the flowers and the rainbows that are there.

Hope is not expensive to have.

It is very costly to be without.

-Anne Wilson Schaef

Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.

—Confucius

Big Book Quote

Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly.

P45

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Step Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."

We "constructively criticized" someone who needed it, when our real motive was to win a useless argument. Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him down. We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be "taught a lesson," when we really want to punish. We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention. This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living. An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.

pp. 94-95

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

There are no leaders in A.A., except as they volunteer to
accept responsibility. The work of carrying on A.A.--leading
group meetings, serving on committees, speaking before other
groups, doing twelfth-step work, spreading A.A. among the
alcoholics of the community--all these things are done on a
volunteer basis. If I don't volunteer to do something concrete
for A.A., the movement is that much less effective. I must do
my fair share to carry the load. A.A. depends on all its
members to keep it alive and to keep it growing. Am I doing my
share for A.A.?

Meditation For The Day

When you look to God for strength to face responsibility and
are quiet before Him, His healing touch causes the Divine
Quiet to flow into your very being. When in weakness you cry
to God, His touch brings healing, the renewal of your courage,
and the power to meet every situation and be victorious. When
you faint by the way or are distracted by feelings of inferiority,
then rely on the touch of God's spirit to support you on your way.
Then arise and go forth with confidence.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may lay myself open today to the healing touch of God.
I pray that I may not falter or faint by the wayside, but renew
my courage through prayer

Daily Thought

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Obsession

"Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity and death. We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step to recovery."
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 30

Thought to Consider. . .
An obsession: A persistent, recurring idea

that does not respond to reason.

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DAILY REFLECTIONS

THE CIRCLE AND THE TRIANGLE

The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the

triangle stands for A.A.'s Three Legacies of Recovery,

Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we

have found freedom from our fatal obsession.

A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 139

Early in my A.A. life, I became employed in its services

and I found the explanation of our society's logo to be very

appropriate. First, a circle of love and service with a wellbalanced

triangle inside, the base of which represents our

Recovery through the Twelve Steps. Then the other two

sides, representing Unity and Service, respectively. The

three sides of the triangle are equal. As I grew in A.A. I

soon identified myself with this symbol. I am the circle,

and the sides of the triangle represent three aspects of my

personality: physical, emotional sanity, spirituality, the

latter forming the symbol's base. Taken together, all three

aspects of my personality translate into a sober and happy

life.

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Reflection for the Day

Even with a growing understanding of the program and its Twelve Steps, we sometimes might find it difficult to believe that our new way of life leads to personal freedom. Suppose, for example, I feel imprisoned in an uncomfortable job or troublesome personal relationship. What am I doing about it? In the past, my reflex reaction was to try to manipulate the things and people around me into being more acceptable to me. Today, I realize that happiness can't be won that way. Am I learning that freedom from despair and frustration can come only from changing, in myself, the attitudes that are perpetuating the conditions that cause me grief?

Today I Pray

May I be given clear eyes to see - and then to stop myself - when I am manipulating the lives of those around me, my daily associates, friends, family. May I always be aware that change must begin within myself.

Today I Will Remember

Change from the inside out.

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