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THANKFUL HEART I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 My sponsor told me that I should be a […]
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Failure is impossible. —Susan B. Anthony— Failure is an attitude. Having an attitude of failure can’t help us. It can only hurt us. If we’re not careful, it can grow into a way of life. So, when we feel like failures, we better look at our attitudes. An attitude of failure often comes from making […]
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When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen. —Edith Sitwell— Our outer behavior matches our inner state of mind and emotional well-being. Our expectations of others are consistent with our personal expectations. When we feel less than adequate because of our imperfections, […]
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Besides our jobs, our families, our friends and our sobriety, we have something else which many of us found through A.A. That’s faith in a Power greater than ourselves, to which we can turn for help: faith in that Divine Principle in the universe which we call God and which is on our side as […]
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MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one’s old life as a condition for finding a new one. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 What glorious mysteries paradoxes are! They do not compute, yet when recognized and accepted, they reaffirm something in […]
My Thought for the Day <!--022326-->
💐Happy New Year’s Eve❗…🌈👩🏼🤝👩🏻…As we arise, we can have so many thoughts, Choices and decisions going through our minds…🤔🤦♀️…That the Committee of the mind has seemingly already brought us into the insanity of the day before our first cup of Coffee…🤪☕…Now is the TIME To Pump the BRAKES, Close the door on the noise in […]
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Hitch your wagon to a star.—Ralph Waldo Emerson— Millions of people are sober and have peace of mind through the Twelve Steps. Like the stars, the Steps are always there. At times, clouds block our view of the stars, but we know they are still there. Let’s view the Twelve Steps the same way. It […]
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I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better. —Ruth St. Denis— Our wants in life may be simple, or they may be complex. They may yet be confused in our minds, but the clarity will […]
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Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. —Aristotle— We find happiness with our friends, if we expect it there. The workplace guarantees it, too, if we go in search of it. Happiness visits us in our solitude and in our myriad involvements. Where ever we […]
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To thine own self be true. —AA medallions— Sometimes we hear that we have a “selfish program.” Being “selfish” means that we ask for help when we need it. We only go to places that are safe for us, no matter what others are doing. Being selfish comes to mean safety for us. Being selfish […]