Promise of a New Day <!--051226-->
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. —Francis Bacon— Each day we hope for accomplishment and satisfaction, and we’ll achieve these when we scale our hopes to our real capacities. There’s no more satisfying feeling than finishing a project we’ve set up ourselves, tailored to our abilities, and worked at with […]
Thought for the Day <!--051226-->
When we come into A.A., looking for a way out of drinking, we really need a lot more than that. We need fellowship. We need to get the things that are troubling us out into the open. We need a new outlet for our energies and we need a new strength beyond ourselves that will […]
My Thought for the Day <!--051226-->
💐Good Morning Sunshine!!🌞🙋…In this day, a lot of choice’s, decision’s, and risk of Peace or Upset will be our options⁉ 😇😣 … For Serenity, in all situations, seemingly stems from our HONESTY with OURSELVES ❗🤥🏆😊… What are we fearing in these Situations❓ What are we afraid of losing or what might be taken from us? […]
Daily Reflections <!--051226-->
THE PAST IS OVER A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the character defects which cause or aggravate them. If . . . Step Four . . . has revealed in stark relief those experiences we’d rather not remember . . . then the need to quit living […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--051226-->
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. —Lydia M. Child— Our Spirit is our inner guide. And our Spirit never, never, gives us wrong directions. Because we’re […]
Keep it Simple <!--051226-->
You can observe a lot just by watching. —Yogi Berra— When we watch others, we learn how to “act as if.” We watch a patient person, and then we “act as if we’re a patient person. The result? Over time, we’ll become a patient person. We watch how good listeners listen, and we “act as […]
Keep It Simple <!--051126-->
An honest man’s the noblest work of God. — Alexander Pope— Step five says,” Admitted to God, to ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” When we did this Step, the person we admitted our wrongs to didn’t run away or reject us. That person stuck with us. Chances are, we […]
Promise Of A New Day <!--051126-->
The distance doesn’t matter; only the first step is difficult. —Mme. du Deffand— Life continually presents us with opportunities for achieving what we desire. “Only the first step is difficult.” Each time we sense the possibility of a new direction in our lives, we are being given a chance to grow. Sometimes the first step […]
My Thought for the Day <!--051126-->
🌺Good morning Sunshine❗🌞🙋 …We can often get so caught up in our thinking about the future and what it will bring…😳😱😫 …That we forget LIFE is Happening right NOW ❗🤭🤭🤩…We do have choices in this present moment that will have an impact on the later on…👍👎👌… Especially the outcome of the Good or bad ATTITUDES […]
Daily Reflections <!--051126-->
A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn’t belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that […]