Keep it Simple <!--100724-->
We never thought we could get old.—Bob Dylan— Here we are no longer children. Yet we’re not quite grown up either. At least, we don’t always feels grown up. Our program helps us accept the stages of our life. And the child in our heart is getting happier. In some ways, we feel younger everyday. […]
Promise of a new Day <!--100724-->
The battle to keep up appearance unnecessarily, the mask—whatever name you give creeping perfectionism—robs us of our energies. —Robin Worthington— Because we fear we’re inadequate, and because our expectations of ourselves are inflated along with our assumptions about others’ expectations of us, we live in the realm of pretense. However, the truth of existence is […]
Daily Reflections <!--100724-->
DAILY MONITORING Continued to take personal inventory. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88 The spiritual axiom referred to in the Tenth Step– “every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us”–also tells me that there are no exceptions to it. No matter how […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--100724-->
There is a divine plan of good at work in my life. I will let go and let it unfold. —Ruth P. Freedman— We are never certain of the full importance or the eventual impact of any single event in our lives. But of one thing we can be sure: Each experience offers something valuable […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--100724-->
Do I put too much reliance on any one member of the group? That is, do I make a tin god out of some one person? Do I set that person on a pedestal? If I do, I am building my house on sand. A.A. members have “clay feet.” They are all only one drink […]