Thoughts For The Day~*~Happiness ^*^*^ June 2
Transitions Daily
"I feel myself a useful member of the human race at last. I have something to contribute to humanity, since I am peculiarly qualified, as a fellow-sufferer, to give aid and comfort to those who have stumbled and fallen over this business of meeting life. I get my greatest thrill of accomplishment from the knowledge that I have played a part in the new happiness achieved by countless others like myself."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 229
Thought to Consider . . .
The joy is in the journey, so enjoy the ride.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
B E S T = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
Fairness
"We
used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and
practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded
persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of
stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought
ourselves. "Instead,
we looked at the human defects of these people, and sometimes used
their shortcomings as a basis of wholesale condemnation. We talked of
intolerance, while we were intolerant ourselves. We missed the reality
and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of
some of its trees. We never gave the spiritual side of life a fair
hearing."
2001 AAWS, Inc. Fourth Edition
Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 49-50
*^Daily Reflections^*
THE UPWARD PATH
Here are the steps we took . . .
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59
These
are the words that lead into the Twelve Steps. In their
direct simplicity they sweep aside all psychological and philosophical considerations about the rightness of the Steps. They describe what I
did: I took the Steps and sobriety was the result. These words do not
imply that I should walk the well-trodden path of those who went
before, but rather that there is a way for me to become sober and that
it is a way I shall have to find. It is a new path, one that leads to
infinite light at the top of the mountain. The Steps advise me about
the footholds that are safe and about chasms to avoid. They provide me
with the tools I need during the many parts of the solitary journey of
my soul. When I speak of this journey, I share my experience, strength
and hope with others.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
Without Anger
Suppose
A.A. falls under sharp public attack or heavy ridicule, having little
or no justification in fact. Our best defense in these situations would
be no defense whatever - namely, complete silence at the public level. If
in good humor we let unreasonable critics alone, they are apt to
subside the more quickly. If their attacks persist and it is plain that
they are misinformed, it may be wise to communicate with them privately
in a temperate and informative way. If, however, a given criticism of
A.A. is partly or wholly justified, it may be well to acknowledge this
privately to the critics, together with our thanks. But under no
conditions should we exhibit anger or any punitive intent.
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What
we must recognize is that we exult in some of our defects.
Self-righteous anger can be very enjoyable. In a perverse way we can
actually take satisfaction from the fact that many people annoy us; it
brings a comfortable feeling of superiority.
1. TWELVE CONCEPTS, P. 74
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 66-67
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"We
try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we
carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. When we see a man sinking
into the mire that is alcoholism, we give him first aid and place what
we have at his disposal."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
The Family Afterward, pg. 132
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Some
more things I do not miss since becoming dry: wondering if the car is
in the garage and how I got home; struggling to remember where I was and
what I did since my last conscious moment; trying to delay getting off
to work, and wondering how I will look when I get there; dreading the
day ahead of me. I'm quite sure that I don't miss these things, am I
not?
Meditation for the Day
You
cannot believe in God and keep your selfish ways. The old self shrivels
up and dies, and upon the reborn soul God's image becomes stamped. The
gradual elimination of selfishness in the growth of love for God and
your fellow human beings is the goal of life. At first, you have only a
faint likeness to the Divine, but the picture grows and takes on more
and more of the likeness of God until those who see you can see in you
some of the power of God's grace at work in a human life.
Prayer for the Day
I
pray that I may develop that faint likeness I have to the Divine. I
pray that others may see in me some of the power of God's grace at work.
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