Thoughts For The Day~*~Meditation ^*^*^ November 16
Transitions Daily
~*~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~*~
c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 97
Thought to Consider . . .
Meditation means trusting the silence around me for a while, as if it were an answer I had long sought.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
B I G B O O K
Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge
Caring
"The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritual almost incomprehensible. But it is there. I "feel" it. Today I feel that I can help people and that they can help me.
"It is a new and exciting
feeling for me to care for someone; to care what they are feeling, hoping for,
praying for; to know their sadness, joy, horror, sorrow, grief; to want to share
those feelings so that someone can have relief."
1990 AAWS, Inc.; Daily
Reflections, pg. 118
A DAILY REPRIEVE
What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85
Maintaining
my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon,
swimming laps, jogging. It's staying in good shape spiritually, and that
requires prayer and meditation. The single most important way for me to
improve my conscious contact with a Higher Power is to pray and meditate. I am as powerless over alcohol as I am to turn back the waves of the sea; no
human force had the power to overcome my alcoholism. Now I am able to
breathe the air of joy, happiness and wisdom. I have the power to love and
react to events around me with the eyes of a faith in things that are not
readily apparent. My daily reprieve means that, no matter how difficult or
painful things appear today, I can draw on the power of the program to stay
liberated from my cunning, baffling and powerful
illness.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Running the Whole Show
Most people try to live by self-propulsion. Each
person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show and is forever trying to
arrange the lights, the scenery, and the rest of the players in his own way. If
his arrangements would only stay put, if only people would do as he wished, the
show would be great. What usually happens? The show doesn't come off very
well. Admitting he may be somewhat at fault, he is sure that other people are
more to blame. He becomes angry, indignant, self-pitying. Is he not really a
self-seeker even when trying to be useful? Is he not a victim of the delusion
that he can wrest satisfaction and happiness out of this world if he only
manages well?
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 60-61
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"We needed to ask ourselves
but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe,
that there is a Power greater than myself?" As soon as a man can say that he
does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is
on his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple
cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can
be built."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th
Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 47
*~*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
I have gotten rid of most of my
inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself I was doing things that I did
not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there.
I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when I was
sober. My life didn't make sense. It was full of broken resolves and frustrated
hopes and plans. I was getting nowhere fast. No wonder my nerves were all shot.
I was bumping up against a blank wall and I was dizzy from it. A.A. taught me
how to get organized and to stop fighting against myself. Have I gotten rid of
inner conflicts?
Meditation for the Day
"When two or three are gathered together in My
name, there am I in the midst of them." The spirit of God comes upon His
followers when they are all together at one time, in one place, and with one
accord. When two or three consecrated souls are together at a meeting place, the
spirit of God is there to help and guide them. Where any sincere group of people
are together, reverently seeking the help of God, His power and His spirit are
there to inspire them.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may be in accord with the members
of my group. I pray that I may feel the strength of a consecrated
group.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center
City, MN 55012
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