Thoughts For The Day~*~Forgiveness ^*^*^ May 12
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Forgiveness
"The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive. To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us. This is especially true if he has, in fact, behaved badly at all. Triumphantly, we seize upon his misbehavior as the perfect excuse for minimizing or forgetting our own. If we are now about to ask forgiveness for ourselves, why shouldn't we start out by forgiving them, one and all?"
Bill W.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 78
Thought to Consider . . .
We are prisoners of our own resentments. Forgiveness unlocks the door and sets us free.
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D E T A C H
Don't Even Think About Changing Him/Her
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
Reborn
"Trembling, I stepped from the hospital a broken man. Fear sobered me for a bit. Then came the insidious insanity of that first drink, and on Armistice Day 1934, I was off again. Everyone became resigned to the certainty that I would have to be shut up somewhere, or would stumble along to a miserable end. How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes."
2001 AAWS Inc.
Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 8
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 by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever. We have to talk to somebody about them.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55
Whatever is done is over. It cannot be changed. But my attitude about it can be changed through talking with those who have gone before and with sponsors. I can wish the past never was, but if I change my actions in regard to what I have done, my attitude will change. I won't have to wish the past away. I can change my feelings and attitudes, but only through my actions and the help of my fellow alcoholics.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
To Be Fair-Minded
"Too often, I think, we have deprecated and even derided projects of our friends in the field of alcoholism just because we do not always see eye to eye with them. We should very seriously ask ourselves how many alcoholics have gone on drinking simply because we have failed to cooperate in good spirit with these many agencies - whether they be good, bad, or indifferent. No alcoholic should go mad or die merely because he did not come straight to A.A. at the beginning."
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"Our first objective will be the development of self-restraint. This carries a top-priority rating. When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot."
1. GRAPEVINE, JULY 1965
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 91
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"We constantly remind ourselves we are
no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day
"Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear,
anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. We become much more
efficient. We do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy
foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit
ourselves."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
Into Action, pg.
87
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
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 help us face life instead
of running away from it. In A.A. we find these things that we need. Have I found
the things that I need?
Meditation for the Day
Turn out
all thoughts of doubt and fear and resentment. Never tolerate them if you can
help it. Bar the windows and doors of your mind against them, as you would bar
your home against a thief who would steal in to take away your treasures. What
greater treasures can you have than faith and courage and love? All these are
stolen from you by doubt and fear and resentment. Face each day with peace and
hope. They are results of true faith in God. Faith gives you a feeling of
protection and safety that you can get in no other way.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may feel protected and safe, but not only when I am
in the harbor. I pray that I may have protection and safety even in the midst of
the storms of life.
Hazelden
Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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