My Thought for the Day <!--053126-->
🌺 Hello Sunshine❗…🙋🌈🌞…We are Strong resilient Women, we take on a lot of burdens and obligations of our Families, Friends and work…👨👩👧👧 👩❤️👩🏨… and we can sometimes forget about our own NEEDS, we put them off in the routine of things until we find OURSELVES frustrated, irritable, and discontent…🤨🤬😤😩… and we are left drained and […]
Promise of a New Day<!--053126-->
“Yes,” I answered you last night, “No” this morning, sir, I say. Colours seen by candle light Will not look the same by day.— Elizabeth Barrett Browning— Circumstances alter cases. We all know that important decisions require time and preparation, yet many of us take them impulsively or on inadequate information. When was the last […]
Keep it Simple <!--053126-->
You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself. —Ethel Barrymore— There was a time when we wouldn’t let anyone laugh at us—even ourselves. We had to much shame. We had to much pain. We took the world too seriously. If we laughed it was at others—not at ourselves. Over time, […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--053126-->
A.A. Thought For The Day I shall not wait to be drafted for service to A.A. I Shall volunteer. I shall be loyal in my attendance, generous in my giving, kind in my criticism, creative in my suggestions, loving in my attitudes. I shall give to A.A. my interest, my enthusiasm, my devotion, and most […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--053126-->
That reality of life and living–movement from one place to another either in a project or in a state of mind, does not conform with what we imagine or expect or think we deserve so we often leave things hanging unfinished or unstarted. —Sandra Edwards— Being dissatisfied – discontented with the experiences life gives us […]
Daily Reflections <!--053126-->
READINESS TO SERVE OTHERS . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission–to carry the A.A. message to those who don’t know there’s a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The “Light” to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the […]
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In anxiety-provoking situations, many women feel unable to act. They find themselves at a loss to come up with an effective response, or any response at all. —Stanlee Phelps and Nancy Austin— Feeling unable to act is a humiliation, perhaps an embarrassment, and it is habit-forming. Perhaps our inertia is due to our need to […]
Keep it Simple <!--053026-->
One Day at a Time—AA program slogan— One Day at a Time reminds us to live in a sane, natural way. It reminds us we can’t control the past. It reminds us we can’t control the future. We can live only in the present. We have only the moment. We have only today. Before recovery, […]
Daily Reflections <!--053026-->
OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 109 It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving “foresteppers” who proclaimed that we should not be diverted from our […]
My Thought for the Day <!--053026-->
💐 Good morning Sunshine❗ 🌞🙋… Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder..👁👼… We have our usual ways to see ourselves, people, places, things, and situations. Most of the time, One of Two ways. FOR US or AGAINST US. Which seems so Black and white…👥👀… But we have unusual opportunities to use our Program to […]