Keep it Simple <!--071626-->
We can’t all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. —Will Rogers— Humility is being thankful for the chance to watch the parade. There were days we thought that all that counted were the heroes. But our program has no heroes. It has many fine, spiritual […]
Promise of a new Day <!--071626-->
Sharing a burdened heart with another who has the wisdom, strength, and knowledge to carry it, frees us from its weight long enough to focus on solutions. —Liane Cordes— Our obsession with a problem, keeps it a problem, any incessant problem, keeps it a problem. Our focus on it destroys the balanced perspective that is […]
Daily Reflection <!--071626-->
“A MEASURE OF HUMILITY” In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure of humility, which we soon discovered to be a healer of pain. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 75 It was painful to […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--071526-->
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. —Emily Dickinson.— The gift of attention to each other is “passing on” the love […]
Promise of a new Day <!--071526-->
Our ordinary minds try to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is interests only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge only of something much better: that we can become oak trees. —E.F. Schumacher— Most of us struggle […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--071526-->
After we had sobered up through the A.A. program, we gradually began to get a peace of mind and serenity which we never thought were possible. This peace of mind is based on a feeling that fundamentally all is well. That does not mean that all is well on the surface of things. Little things […]
Daily Reflections <!--071526-->
PRIDE For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance. When we seemed to be succeeding, we drank to dream still greater dreams. When we were frustrated, even in part, we drank for oblivion. Never was there enough of what we thought we wanted. In all these […]
Keep it Simple <!--071526-->
Let there be spaces in your togetherness. —Kahil Gilran— We all need time alone. Then we can get to know our Higher Power better too. When we were using chemicals, we were afraid of being alone. We didn’t want to think too much. So we got high. Now we know we’re never totally alone. Our […]
My Thought for the Day <!--071526-->
💜 Hello Resiliently, Strong, Fabulous SISTER❗…👋👭💪… What a wonderful day to be all I can be…🌈💃…When we start to discover that we can Be who God has Created Us to Be, and Look into our innermost selves, that we have HOPE of discovering our TRUE Talents…🤸♀️🤹♀️👩🏫…and that even though Life is unfolding right before me, […]
Daily Reflections <!--071426-->
A NOURISHING INGREDIENT, p.204 Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity. 12 & 12, p.74 How often do I focus on my problems and frustrations? When I am having a good day these same problems shrink in […]