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“If onlys” are lonely. —Morgan Jennings— The circumstances of our lives seldom live up to our expectations or desires. However, in each circumstance we are offered an opportunity for growth or change, a chance for greater understanding of life’s heights and pitfalls. Each time we choose to lament what isn’t, we close the door on […]
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When you send out real love, real love will return to you. —Florence Scovel Shinn— Real love is selfless love. It expects nothing in return. It is not conditional. It doesn’t keep score. It is too seldom given. Many of us came into the program hurting, feeling unloved, looking desperately for love, unable to love […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--112325-->
I no longer refuse to do anything because I cannot do it to perfection. Many of us alcoholics use the excuse of not being able to do something perfectly to enable us to do nothing at all. We pretend to be perfectionists. We are good at telling people how a thing should be done, but […]
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Let me listen to me and not to them. —Gertrude Stein— Often we try to please everyone around us. But this may not make us happy, and so we get angry. We feel taken advantage of. We may be kind to others, but first we must love ourselves. How? By learning to listen to ourselves. […]
Daily Reflections <!--112325-->
HOLD YOUR FACE TO THE LIGHT Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 3 One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our front yard. At once I […]
My Thought for the Day <!--112325-->
🌺 Good morning Courageously Strong Lovely Lady ❗ Welcome to Our morning… 💪🤗…Many of us go through years of trying to get what we have not got, and once we acquire it…😀🤩…It turns to rubbish in our hands…😯😱🤨🗑…Did nature really make us like this, or to feel like we despise those who love us❓…💘🤨🧐…Are We […]
Promise of a new Day <!--112325-->
A man that studieth revenge keep his own wounds green. —Francis Bacon— Our progress along the path of human growth is measurable by the exercise we encourage of our forgiving spirit. Each time we harbor a resentment towards another, we block our own growth. Preoccupation with a troublesome situation or person prevents our responding to […]
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We cannot fail to meet the same problems as did our forefathers, and learning their answers may help us to act upon them as intelligently as they did, and may even, perhaps, teach us to avoid making the same mistakes. —Anne Fremantle— As youth, we are impatient and don’t always believe in the values of […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--112225-->
I have got rid of most of my boredom. One of the hardest things that a new member of A.A. has to understand is how he can stay sober and not be bored. Drinking was always the answer to all kinds of boring people and boring situations. But once you have taken up the interest […]
Daily Reflections <!--112225-->
ONLY TWO SINS . . . there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another human being, and the second is to interfere with one’s own growth. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 542 Happiness is such an elusive state. How often do my “prayers” for others involve “hidden” prayers for my […]