Keep it Simple <!--071224-->
Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed. —Irene Peter— Our life changed a lot when we stopped drinking and using other drugs. But this is only a start. We need to go further. Our old attitudes can kill us, even if we aren’t drinking or drugging any more. This is called a […]
Promise of a new Day <!--071224-->
…he yearned to package for each of the children, the grandchildren, for everyone, the joyous certainty, that sense of mattering, of moving and being moved, of being one and indivisible with the great of the past, with all that freed, ennobled. —Tillie Olsen— In childhood we glimpse the dear connectedness of life. The delicious that […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--071224-->
… those interested in perpetuating present conditions are always in tears about the marvelous past that is about to disappear, without having so much as a smile for the young future. —Simone de Beauvoir— Hanging on to any moment, once it’s gone, deadens us to the joys and lessons of the present. We must learn […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--071224-->
Today is ours. Let us live today as we believe God wants us to live. Each day will have a new pattern which we cannot foresee. But we can open each day with a quiet period in which we say a little prayer, asking God to help us through the day. Personal contact with God, […]
Daily Reflections <!--071224-->
GIVING UP CENTER STAGE, p.202 For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. . . Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency. 12 & 12, p.70 Why do I balk at the word “humility”? […]
My Thought for the Day <!--071224-->
🌟Good morning Shining STAR in this World❗…🌎 💫…Life can be a roller coaster, with its ups and downs, twist and turns, sometimes at break-neck speeds…🎢➰♿…It’s all about trying to keep some kind of a centered balance and slow it down…📊⚖🐢… if not just for a moment to be restored to sanity. And remember, when we […]