Promise of a new Day <!--010726-->
I’m not sorry for anyone’s being poor; I’m only sorry when they have no work. —Helena Morley— Human beings have been described as animals with language, animals with laughter, tool-using animals, animals that play. But we’re pre-eminently animals that work. Small children’s play is imitation of the work they see adults doing. Fortunate adults put […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--010726-->
When temptation comes, as it does sometimes to all of us, I will say to myself: “No, my whole life depends on not taking that drink and nothing in the world can make me do it.” Besides, I have promised that Higher Power that I wouldn’t do it. I know that God doesn’t want me […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010726-->
The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt attention to one another’s existence. —Sue Atchley Ebaugh— We all want to matter to others. Very often in the past and sometimes in the present, our behavior screams for the attention we seek from others. Perhaps, instead of trying to get attention, we ought to […]
Daily Reflections <!--010726-->
AT THE TURNING POINT Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 Every day I stand at turning points. My thoughts and actions can propel me toward growth or turn me down the road to old habits and to […]