Keep it Simple <!--101324-->
Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. It fogs our vision. —Kathy S.— Sometimes we get stuck in our own way of seeing things. We may feel as if everything that happens, happens to us or for us. If it rains, we may think about our ruined picnic and not about the […]
Daily Reflections <!--101324-->
UNREMITTING INVENTORIES Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 The immediate […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--101324-->
Never turn down a job because you think it’s too small; you don’t know where it can lead. —Julia Morgan— How short is our vision of where an invitation might take us! Any invitation. Of one thing we can be certain, it offers an opportunity for making a choice, which means taking responsibility for who […]
Promise of a new Day <!--101324-->
Every physician almost hath his favorite disease. —Henry Fielding— We wouldn’t go to a dentist for corns or bunions, just as we wouldn’t go looking for fresh fruit at a hardware store. By and large, we know where to go for what we want. Why is it, then, that we persist in asking something from […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--101324-->
A.A. work is one hundred percent voluntary. It depends on each and every one of our members to volunteer to do his or her share. Newcomers can sit on the sidelines until they have got over their nervousness and confusion. They have a right to be helped by all, until they can stand on their […]