Daily Reflections <!--111525-->
VITAL SUSTENANCE Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111425-->
A better way than judging people is to look for all the good you can find in them. If you look hard enough and long enough, you ought to be able to find some good somewhere in every person. In A.A. I learned that my job was to try to bring out the good, not […]
Keep it Simple <!--111425-->
Make it a point to do something every day that you don’t want to do. —Mark Twain— Self-discipline is a key part of living sober life. We need it to get to our meetings regularly. We need it to understand the Steps. We need it to work the Steps. And we get much in […]
Daily Reflections <!--111425-->
INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, […]
My Thought for the Day <!--111425-->
🌈Good morning Glowing Heart and Friend❗…🙋♀️💛…We can often we can get caught up in these feelings of grim regret, depression and remorse, of the things we could have done, should of done, or the could of said or should of said DIFFERENTLY…😵😳🙄…and OH if just MAYBE❓…🤔🥺👎…this kind of guilt and shame dialog is our Disease…coming […]
Promise of a new Day <!--111425-->
In soloing—as in other activities—it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. —Amelia Earhart— Our inspiration to master any art, to attain any goal, to tackle any project, comes from within—the center of all knowledge. All of us are gifted with all knowledge. When the desire to pursue a particular […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--111425-->
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. —Kathleen Casey Theisen— How awesome is our power, personally, to choose our attitudes and our responses to any situation, to every situation. We will feel only how we choose to feel, no matter the circumstance. Happiness is as free an option as sorrow. Perceiving our challenges as opportunities for […]
Promise of a new Day <!--111325-->
God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. —Aechylus— “Decent means appropriate, proper, becoming. Decency of mind means to think appropriate thoughts, to respond properly to events and people, neither exaggerating nor trivializing their importance. What a consolation it must be to have a mind always in balance, always ready to dwell on […]
Daily Reflections <!--111325-->
LOOKING OUTWARD We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 As an active alcoholic, I allowed selfishness to run rampant […]
Keep it Simple <!--111325-->
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. —Anonymous— We addicts often learn things the hard way. In the past, we found it very hard to take advice from anyone. It’s still hard to take advice, but it’s getting easier every day. We know now that we […]