AA Thought for the Day <!--062824-->
You can prove to yourself that life is basically and fundamentally an inner attitude. Just try to remember what troubled you most a week ago. You probably will find it difficult to remember. Why then should you unduly worry or fret over the problems that arise today? Your attitude toward them can be changed by […]
Daily Reflection <!--062824-->
THE DETERMINATION OF OUR FOUNDERS A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 159 If it had not been for the fierce determination of our founders, A.A. would have quickly faded like so many other so-called good causes. I look at the hundreds of meetings weekly in […]
Promise of a new Day <!--062824-->
Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead. —Lily Langtry— The breadth and attitude of our vision for today’s potential or tomorrow’s dream will profoundly influence what we see at this moment. We have the personal power to chart our course, to set our goals and to take the necessary steps […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--062824-->
Joy fixes us to eternity and pain fixes us to time. But desire and fear hold us in bondage to time, and detachment breaks the bond. —Simone Weil— We live both in the material realm and the spiritual. In our material dimension we seek material pleasures, inherent in which is pain. Our human emotions are […]
Keep it Simple <!--062824-->
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form. —Stanley J. Randall— Trying to be perfect get us into trouble. Trying to be perfect means we’re trying to control things. We may be trying to cover up something. Maybe we aren’t facing our pain. Maybe we’ve hurt […]
Each day a new Beginning<!--062724-->
Often God shuts a door in our face, and then subsequently opens the door through which we need to go. —Catherine Marshall— We try and try to control the events of our lives. And not seldom the events in others’ lives, too. The occasions are frequent when our will conflicts with God’s. Then for a […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--062724-->
If you can take your troubles as they come, if you can maintain your calm and composure amid pressing duties and unending engagements, if you can rise above the distressing and disturbing circumstances in which you are set down, you have discovered a priceless secret of daily living. Even if you are forced to go […]
Daily Reflections <!--062724-->
CONFORMING TO THE A.A. WAY We obey A.A.’s Steps and Traditions because we really want them for ourselves. It is no longer a question of good or evil; we conform because we genuinely want to conform. Such is our process of growth in unity and function. Such is the evidence of God’s grace and love […]
Keeping it Simple <!--062724-->
Hell is not to love anymore. —Geogre Bernanos— Someone in an AA group said, “From the first day I started this program, I felt like I had died and gone to heaven.” This person had walked into a room full of love. In recovery, we are spiritual people because we believe in love. We have […]
Promise of a new Day <!--062724-->
Science probes; it does not prove. —Gregory Bateson— We crave security. Even the most restless and adventurous among us has a need for bedrock certainty about something. Religion fills this need for some; politics or ideas satisfy others. When this need is answered, we can achieve a measure of serenity. Where does this need come […]