Your Daily Reprieve 03.13.26

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday March 13, 2026   From Ponte Vedra, FL

“It is impossible to know everyone, but if I try to relate myself with just one other person, something will happen, something remarkable.” ~ Marietta, Ohio, April 1993, AA Grapevine   Every day we are renewed and given a clean slate on which to draw our lives. Our choices yesterday do not determine our choices tomorrow. ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson   “It's a wonderful feeling to know that you don't have to be a god or a goddess,  a saint or a genius, to lead a reasonably happy,  sober, healthy, communicative, constructive, and useful life -- with some laughter thrown in for good measure.” ~ New Canaan, Connecticut, June 1974, AA Grapevine   "You never quite know what you do in life that leaves a seed behind that grows into an oak tree." ~Michael Portillo

BIG BOOK QUOTE   Then you will know what it means to give of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life. You will learn the full meaning of "Love thy neighbor as thyself."   P153

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12&12   Tradition Eight - "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers." At the Foundation, the same story repeats itself. Eight tons of books and literature per month do not package and channel themselves all over the world. Sacks of letters on every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a lonely-heart Eskimo to the growing pains of thousands of groups must be answered by people who know. Right contacts with the world outside have to be maintained. A.A.'s lifelines have to be tended. So we hire A.A. staff members. We pay them well, and they earn what they get. They are professional secretaries, * but they certainly are not professional A.A.'s. * The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations. These A.A.'s bring a whole range of business and professional experience to their service at G.S.O. p. 169

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day We've got rid of our false, drinking selves and found our real, sober selves. And we turn to God, our Father, for help, just as the Prodigal Son arose and went to his father. At the end of the story, the father of the Prodigal Son says: "He was dead and is alive again, he was lost and he is found." We alcoholics who have found sobriety in A.A. were certainly dead and are alive again. We were lost and are found. Am I alive again? Meditation For The Day Gently breathe in God's spirit, that spirit which, if not barred out of selfishness, will enable you to do good works. This means rather that God will be enabled to do good works through you. You can become a channel for God's spirit to flow through you and into the lives of others. The works that you can do will only be limited by your spiritual development. Let your spirit be in harmony with God's spirit and there is no limit to what you can do in the realm of human relationships. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may become a channel for God's spirit. I pray that God's spirit may flow through me and into the lives of others.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Guidance   Walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. If you persist, remarkable things will happen. When we look back, we realize the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands, were better than anything we could have planned. Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances! 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 100   Thought to Consider . . . Look for the Good.     *~*AACRONYMS*~*   A. A. Adventurers Anonymous

DAILY REFLECTIONS   A WORLD OF THE SPIRIT We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84   The word "entered" . . . and the phrase "entered into the world of the Spirit" are very significant. They imply action, a beginning, getting into, a prerequisite to maintaining my spiritual growth, the "Spirit" being the immaterial part of me. Barriers to my spiritual growth are self-centeredness and a materialistic focus on worldly things. Spirituality means devotion to spiritual instead of worldly things, it means obedience to God's will for me. I understand spiritual things to be: unconditional love, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control and humility. Any time I allow selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear to be a part of me, I block out spiritual things. As I maintain my sobriety, growing spiritually becomes a lifelong process. My goal is spiritual growth, accepting that I'll never have spiritual perfection.

POT LUCK   Keep It Simple Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ---Anonymous     Nobody’s always wrong. Nobody’s all bad. And that includes us. Sometimes, we really get down on ourselves. When we do Step Four, we sometimes see only our faults. When we make our Step Ten checkup, we see only our mistakes. We can’t afford to do this. We need to see our strengths too. But even our faults have a good side. Are you stubborn? Good---be stubborn, you know how to hang on to feelings. So, hang on to the good feelings instead of the bad ones.   Each of us is good and wise. What’s good about us got twisted by our disease. But now we can get the kinks out. We are sober, and we have a program to help us.   Prayer for the Day:  Higher Power, help me to see the good in myself and others.   Action for the Day:  I’ll take another look at my faults today. How can I use them in good ways?

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