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01-23-2015, 06:43 AM | #23 |
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AA Thought for the Day
January 23 Acceptance I needed to look no further than the Twelve Steps and the powerful wording of our Serenity Prayer, "to accept the things we cannot change." My personal answer is there in the word "accept." Accept man's place in the universal scheme. Accept my life as one minute particle of the whole. None of us can ever fathom the glories and uncharted regions of the universe. But we can live on earth and love one another. We can let in the beginnings of concern, compassion, consideration, and watch ourselves grow. With the tools and guideposts of AA, we can learn a little of this precious gift -- our gateway to human spirituality. - Came To Believe . . ., p. 129 Thought to Ponder . . . The Three "C's" -- Concern, Compassion, Consideration. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change ~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~ Tolerance Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from the pains of growing up. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 92 Thought to Consider . . . Honesty gets us sober, tolerance keeps us sober. *~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~* P U T = Patience, Understanding, Tolerance *~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~* Involvement >From "The Keys of the Kingdom": "A complete change takes place in our approach to life. Where we used to run from responsibility, we find ourselves accepting it with gratitude that we can successfully shoulder it. Instead of wanting to escape some perplexing problem, we experience the thrill of challenge in the opportunity it affords for another application of A.A. techniques, and we find ourselves tackling it with surprising vigor." 2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 275-76 *~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~* "Sincerity of purpose, humility in the knowledge of our own power to help, and confidence in our understanding of our capacities in AA are likely to help in working with others." St. Paul, Minn., December 1945 St. Paul's Four Discussion Groups The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA ~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~* "Most alcoholics owe money. We do not dodge our creditors. Telling them what we are trying to do, we make no bones about our drinking; they usually know it anyway, whether we think so or not. Nor are we afraid of disclosing our alcoholism on the theory it may cause financial harm. Approached in this way, the most ruthless creditor will sometimes surprise us. Arranging the best deal we can we let these people know we are sorry. Our drinking has made us slow to pay. We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 78~ "Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation. We shouldn't be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 85 The key words 'entirely ready' underline the fact that we want to aim at the very best we know or can learn. -Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 65 Misc. AA Literature - Quote We found that we had indeed been worshipers. What a state of mental goose flesh that used to bring on! Had we not variously worshiped people, sentiment, things, money, and ourselves? And then, with a better motive, had we not worshipfully beheld the sunset, the sea, or a flower? Who of us had not loved something or somebody? Were not these things the tissue out of which our lives were constructed? Did not these feelings, after all, determine the course of our existence? It was impossible to say we had no capacity for faith, or love, or worship. In one form or another, we had been living by faith and little else. Prayer for the Day: God, I pray that I may not overlook thy blessings of beauty while endeavoring to perform my duties. Guide me that I may not struggle to be where thou wouldst not have me go. Amen.
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