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Thoughts
For
The Day~*~
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"We die to live. That is a beautiful paradox
straight out of the Biblical idea of being "born again" or "in losing one's life
to find it." When we work at our Twelve Steps, the old life of guzzling
and fuzzy thinking, and all that goes with it, gradually dies, and we
acquire a different and a better way of life. As our shortcomings are
removed, one life of us dies, and another life of us lives. We in AA die
to live."
1955AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, 2nd edition., pp.
341-2
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Thought
to Consider . . .
Life
didn't end when I got sober -- it started.
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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.
Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 74
How often do I focus on my problems and frustrations? When I am having a "good day" these same problems shrink in importance and my preoccupation with them dwindles. Wouldn't it be better if I could find a key to unlock the "magic" of my "good days" for use on the woes of my "bad days"?
I already have the solution! Instead of
trying to run away from my pain and wish my problems
away, I can pray for humility! Humility will heal the pain. Humility will take
me out of myself. Humility, that strength granted to me by that "power greater
than myself," is mine for the asking! Humility will bring balance back into my
life. Humility will allow me to accept my humanness
joyously.
1990, AAWS, Inc.,
Daily Reflections, page
204