~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~
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Growth
"It seems to me that the primary object of any
human being is to grow, as God intended, that being the nature of all growing
things. Our search must be for what reality we can find, which includes
the best definition and feeling of love that we can acquire. If the
capability of loving is in the human being, then it must surely be in his
Creator. Theology helps me in that many of its concepts cause me to
believe that I live in a rational universe under a loving God, and that my
own irrationality can be chipped away, little by little. This is, I
suppose, the process of growth for which we are
intended."
Bill W., Letter, 1958
c. 1967 AAWS, As
Bill Sees It, p. 295
Thought
to Consider . . .
All you
have to do to change your life is change your mind. *~*AACRONYMS*~*
WHO ME?
Willingness, Honesty,
Open-mindedness, Must
Exist
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Response
From "A Small White
Card":
"Yet I had a spiritual
experience the night I called A.A., though I didn't realize it until later. Two
angels came, carrying a real message of hope, and told me about A.A. My sponsor
laughed when I denied that I had prayed for help. I told him that the only time
I had mentioned God was when, in my despair at being unable to get either drunk
or sober, I had cried out, 'God! What am I going to do?'
He replied, 'I believe that
prayer was a pretty good one for a first one from an atheist. It got an answer,
too . . .'"
Brighton, Colorado, USA
1973 AAWS, Inc.
Came
to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg.
25
*^Daily
Reflections^*
STEPPING INTO THE SUNLIGHT
But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can
grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10
Sometimes I think
I don't have time for prayer and meditation, forgetting that I always found the
time to drink. It is possible to make time for anything I want to do if I
want it badly enough. When I start the routine of prayer and meditation,
it's a good idea to plan to devote a small amount of time to it. I read a
page from our Fellowship's books in the morning, and say "Thank You, God," when
I go to bed at night. As prayer becomes a habit, I will increase the time
spent on it, without even noticing the foray it makes into my busy day. If
I have trouble praying, I just repeat the Lord's Prayer because it really covers
everything. Then I think of what I can be grateful for and say a word of thanks.
I don't need to shut myself
in a closet to pray. It can be done even in a room full of people. I just
remove myself mentally for an instant. As the practice of prayer
continues, I will find I don't need words, for God can, and does, hear my
thoughts through silence.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
In the Sunlight at Last
When the thought was expressed that there might be a God
personal to me, I didn't like the idea. So my friend Ebby made what then seemed
a novel suggestion. He said, "Why don't you choose your own conception of
God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in
whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at
last.
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It
may be possible to find explanations of spiritual experiences such as ours, but
I have often tried to explain my own and have succeeded only in giving the story
of it. I know the feeling it gave me and the results it has brought, but I
realize I may never fully understand its deeper why and
how.
1. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 12
2. A.A. COMES OF
AGE, p. 45
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"Abandon yourself to God as
you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away
the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall
be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of
us as you trudge the Road of Happy
Destiny."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
A Vision For You,
pg. 164
*^Twenty
Four
Hours
A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
I have lost much of my inferiority complex. I was
always trying to escape from life. I did not want to face reality. I was full of
self-pity. I was constantly sorry for myself. I tried to avoid all
responsibilities. I did not feel that I would handle the responsibilities of my
family or my work. Owing to my inferiority complex, I was eager to be free of
all responsibilities. I wanted to drift; I wanted to be "on the beach." A.A.
showed me how to get over my feeling of inferiority. It made me want to accept
responsibility again. Have I lost my inferiority
complex?
Meditation For the Day
"One thing I
do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those
things that are before, I press onward toward the goal." We should forget those
things which are behind us and press onward toward something better. We can
believe that God has forgiven us for all our past sins, provided we are honestly
trying to live today the way we believe He wants us to live. We can wipe clean
the slate of the past. We can start today with a clean slate and go forward with
confidence toward the goal that has been set before
us.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I
may drop off the load of the past. I pray that I may start today with a light
heart and a new confidence.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center
City, MN 55012
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