Thoughts For The Day~*~Destiny ^*^*^ September 12
Transitions Daily
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Destiny
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"Yes, we are again citizens of the
world. It is a distraught world, very tired, very uncertain. It has
worshipped its own self-sufficiency -- and that has failed. We AA's are
a people who once did that very thing. That philosophy failed us too. So
perhaps, here and there, our example of recovery can help. As individuals,
we have a responsibility, maybe a *double responsibility*. It may be
that we have a date with destiny."
Bill W., October 1944
1988AA Grapevine,
The Language of the Heart, p. 100
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Thought to Consider . . .
What if I were caring rather than judgmental?
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Altruistic Action
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Wise men
and women rightly give a top rating to the virtue of prudence. They know that
without this all important attribute little wisdom is to be
had. Mere looking before we leap is
not enough. If our looking is charged with fear, suspicion, or anger, we had
better not have looked or acted at all.
Letter,
1966
We lose the fear of making
decisions, great and small, as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we
can, if we will, learn from the experience. Should our decision be the right
one, we can thank God for giving us the courage and the grace that caused us so
to act.
Letter,
1966
I AM RESPONSIBLE
For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 87
In recovery, and through the help of Alcoholics Anonymous, I learn that the very thing I fear is my freedom. It comes from my tendency to recoil from taking responsibility for anything: I deny, I ignore, I blame, I avoid. Then one day, I look, I admit, I accept. The freedom, the healing and the recovery I experience is in the looking, admitting and accepting. I learn to say, "Yes, I am responsible." When I can speak those words with honesty and sincerity, then I am free.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
Wider Understanding
To reach more alcoholics, understanding of A.A. and public good will towards A.A. must go on growing everywhere. We need to be on still better terms with medicine, religion, employers, governments, courts, prisons, mental hospitals, and all enterprises in the alcoholism field. We need the increasing good will of editors, writers, television and radio channels. These publicity outlets need to be opened ever wider.
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Nothing matters more to A.A.'s future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Used unselfishly and well, it can produce results surpassing our present imagination.
Should we handle this great instrument badly, we shall be shattered by the ego manifestations of our own people? Against this peril, A.A. members' anonymity before the general public is our shield and our buckler.
1. TWELVE CONCEPTS, p. 52 - 2. GRAPEVINE, NOVEMBER 1960
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~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84~
A.A. Thought for the Day
"What draws newcomers to A.A. and gives them hope? They hear the stories of men and women whose experiences tally with their own. The expressions on the faces of the women, that undefinable something in the eyes of the men, the stimulating atmosphere of the A.A. clubroom, conspire to let them know that there is haven at last. The very practical approach to their problems, the absence of intolerance of any kind, the informality, the genuine democracy, the uncanny understanding that these people in A.A. have is irresistible." Have I found a real haven in A.A.?
Meditation for the Day
"If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." The eye of the soul is the will. if your will is to do the will of God, to serve Him with your life, to serve Him by helping others, then truly shall your whole body be full of light. The important thing is to strive to attune your will to the will of God, a single eye to God's purpose, desiring nothing less than that His purposes be fulfilled. Try to seek in all things the advance of His kingdom, seek the spiritual values of honesty and purity, unselfishness and love, and earnestly desire spiritual growth. Then your life will emerge from the darkness of futility into the light of victory.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that my eye may be single. I pray that my life may be lived in the light of the best that I know.