We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. Self-seeking will slip away. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively now how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us -- sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
When I came into A.A.,
was I a desperate person? Did I have a soul-sickness? Was I so sick of myself
and my way of living that I couldn't stand looking at myself in a mirror? Was I
ready for A.A.? Was I ready to try anything that would help me to get sober and
to get over my soul-sickness? Should I ever forget the condition I was in?
Meditation for the Day
In the New Year, I will
live one day at a time. I will make each day one of preparation for better
things ahead. I will not dwell on the past or the future, only on the
present. I will bury every fear of the future, all thoughts of unkindness and
bitterness, all my dislikes, my resentments, my sense of failure, my
disappointments in others and in myself, my gloom and my despondency. I will
leave all these things buried and go forward, in this New Year, into a new life.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that God will
guide me one day at a time in the New Year. I pray that for each day, God will
supply the wisdom and the strength that I need.
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