Promise of a new Day <!--092625-->
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. —G.W. Von Leibnitz— Broadening our vision beyond our self-serving needs and acknowledging the importance of others in our lives not only fits their spirits, but also fosters positive feelings within ourselves. Our personal happiness grows when we nourish someone else’s. That which we […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--092625-->
Why is life so tragic, so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss? I look down; I feel giddy; I wonder how I am ever to walk to the end. —Virginia Woolf— As we look toward the hours ahead, we can be thankful that we need be concerned with only a single day’s […]
Daily Reflection <!--092625-->
OUR CHILDREN The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . . . From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--092625-->
Continuing the consideration of the term “spiritual experience”: “The acquiring of an immediate and overwhelming God-consciousness, resulting in a dramatic transformation, though frequent, is by no means the rule. Most of our spiritual experiences are of the educational variety, and they develop slowly over a period of time. Quite often friends of newcomers are aware […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--092525-->
…we do not always like what is good for us in this world. —Eleanor Roosevelt— Most of us can look back and recall how we fought a particular change. How certain we were that we wouldn’t survive the upheaval! Perhaps we lost a love or were forced to leave a home or a job. Retrospect […]
Daily Reflections <!--092525-->
FIRST THINGS FIRST Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job — wife or no wife — we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always […]
Keep it Simple <!--092525-->
Martyrs set bad examples… —David Russell— Sometimes we call people “martyrs.” We sometimes think of them as victims. They suffer, but sometimes not for a cause. They play “poor me.” They want people to notice how much they suffer. They are afraid to really live. These are the people who set bad examples. True martyrs […]
My Thought for the Day <!--092525-->
🌞 Good morning to Remarkable Lady❗…What a Fantastic Day we have waken to Sister…🌄🐦👭…This is a day to stay close to That DIVINE Power and ask, ” What can we do for YOU??? ” 🤔🗣🌈✨…Let me not be trapped by SELF this day…🙃🦉😍…Let me share myself with someone, maybe spend some time with a friend, go for a walk with our HIGHER POWER, Being CREATIVE and TALENTED with our TIME and MIND today❗…Just being GRATEFUL to be OURSELVES..😇😊🙆 So WE can smile at as many people as we can, remembering that, ” SMILES are INFECTIOUS❗ “…👨👩👧👦👩👩👦👩👦👨👩👧👧 😊🙋=💃…We can Take RESPONSIBILITY and not to Isolate ourselves…😟😳😥… and to SHARE OURSELVES with those around US❗❗…LIFE is too short…YOU ARE AMAZING MY FABULOUS FRIEND❗…I LOVE YOU…💖🦋🦆🕯✌✨🕊😇🙏👭🤳💐💪💋💋💋💄
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--092525-->
Let us consider the term “spiritual experience” as given in Appendix II of the Big Book: “A spiritual experience is something that brings about a personality change. By surrendering our lives to God as we understand Him, we are changed. The nature of this change is evident in recovered alcoholics. This personality change is not […]
Promise of a new Day <!--092525-->
Old things were stirring: the old illness of remembering was going to start again. —Rosamond Lehmann— Does the act of remembering ever resemble an illness? Yes, if it causes pain. For many of us, memories of our past behavior seem to live in cages, like wild animals; if we enter the cages, the beasts attack […]