A.A. Thought for the Day <!--052726-->
A.A. Thought For The Day In twelfth-step work, the fifth thing is Continuance. Continuance means our staying with prospects after they have started on the new way of living. We must stick with them and not let them down. We must encourage them to go to meetings regularly for fellowship and help. They will learn […]
My Thought for the Day <!--052726-->
Courage is fear that has been prayed for. It brings us to a fork 🍴 in the road, where we can go one of two ways…😳😱…Both of them seem very scary…😲👹👿
Daily Reflections <!--052726-->
NO MAUDLIN GUILT Day by day, we try to move a little toward God’s perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt… AS BILL SEES IT, p. 15 When I first discovered that there is not a single “don’t” in the Twelve Steps of A.A., I was disturbed because this discovery swung open […]
Promise of a New Day <!--052726-->
It should be impossible that anything should be produced if there was nothing existing before. —Aristotle— Everything comes from something. All the organic compounds in the world come from four elements; carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. From these simple ingredients have developed the marvelous chains of self-replicating proteins that fill the planet with jungles, gardens, […]
Keep it Simple <!--052726-->
Keep it Simple… It’s only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.—Henry David Thoreau— The biggest danger we face as recovering people is self-will. Do we try to control others? Do we always put ourselves before others? Are we full of self-pity? These are all ways that bind us to our self-will. In […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--052726-->
As the wheel of the decades turns, so do a person’s needs, desires, and tasks. Each of us does, in effect, strike a series of “deals” or compromises between the wants and longings of the inner self, and an outer environment that offers certain possibilities and sets certain limitations. —Maggie Scarf— What life has measured […]