Thoughts For The Day~*~Spirituality ^*^*^ June 22
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Spirituality
"Do
not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you
from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this
was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first
conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found
ourselves accepting many things which then seemed entirely out of
reach. That was growth, but if we wished to grow we had to begin
somewhere. So we used our own conception, however limited it was."
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 47
Thought to Consider . . .
The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
S O B E R
Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
"Suddenly,
the words on the page hit me: 'The number of times that you win or lose
is not important. The only thing that matters is the number of times
that you try.' For several years I had tried to get someone else to
solve my problem for me, but I had not realized I was doing so until
that moment of insight. '... That you try.' I was exhilarated.
Now I knew that I was an alcoholic and that I had the only qualification
for membership in A.A., a desire to stop drinking."
New York, New York
1973 AAWS Inc.
Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 50
*^Daily Reflections^*
TODAY, I'M FREE
This
brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of
situations left in the world over which I had no personal power - that if
I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must
make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be
still and know that He, not I, was God.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 114
I
am learning to practice acceptance in all circumstances of my life, so
that I may enjoy peace of mind. At one time life was a constant battle
because I felt I had to go through each day fighting myself, and
everyone else. Eventually, this became a losing battle. I ended up
getting drunk and crying over my misery. When I began to let go and let
God take over my life I began to have peace of mind. Today, I am free. I do not have to fight anybody or anything anymore.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
Roots of Reality
We
started upon a personal inventory, Step Four. A business which takes no
regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking a commercial inventory is a
fact-finding and a fact-facing process. It is an effort to discover the
truth about the stock in trade. One object is to disclose damaged or
unsalable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret. If the
owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about
values. We has to do exactly the same thing with our lives. We had to
take stock honestly.
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"Moments of
perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have
excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic
underbrush, will hold fast despite the high winds of the forces which
would destroy us, or which we would use to destroy ourselves."
1. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 64
2. LETTER, 1949
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"When
we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not
postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either
God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
We Agnostics, pg. 53
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
If
you have any doubt, just ask any of the older members of the A.A.
group, and they will readily tell you that since they turned their lives
over to the care of God as they understand Him, many of their problems
have been banished into the forgotten yesterdays. When you allow
yourself to be upset over one thing, you succeed only in opening the
door to the coming of hundreds of other upsetting things. Am I allowing
myself to be upset over little things?
Meditation for the Day
I
would do well not to think of the Red Sea of difficulties that lies
ahead. I am sure that when I come to that Red Sea, the waters will part
and I will be given all the power I need to face and overcome many
difficulties and meet what is in store for me with courage. I believe
that I will pass through that Red Sea to the promised land, the land of
the spirit where many souls meet in perfect comradeship. I believe that
when that time comes, I will be freed of all the dross of material things and find peace.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may face the future with courage. I pray that I may be given strength to face both life and death fearlessly.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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