A.A.
Thought for the Day
The Answer
The God I thought had judged me and damned me
had done nothing of the sort.
He had been listening,
and in His own good time His answer came.
His answer was threefold:
the opportunity for a life of sobriety;
Twelve Steps to practice, in order to attain and maintain
that life of sobriety;
fellowship within the program,
ever ready to sustain and help me
each twenty-four-hour day.
Reprinted from Came to Believe, Page 11
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Joy is in knowing there is an answer.
This was the thought of the day for yesterday but thought it was good as well...
May 28th...
A.A.
Thought for the Day
Hope
Hope is the key that unlocks the door of discouragement.
The program promises me
that if I do not pick up the first drink today,
I will always have hope.
Having come to believe that I keep what I share,
every time I encourage, I receive courage.
It is with others that,
with the grace of God and the Fellowship of AA,
I trudge the road of happy destiny.
May I always remember that the power within me
is far greater than any fear before me.
May I always have patience, for I am on the right road.
Reprinted from Daily Reflections, Page 70
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Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible,
and achieves the impossible
May 28th...
A.A.
Thought for the Day
Hope
Hope is the key that unlocks the door of discouragement.
The program promises me
that if I do not pick up the first drink today,
I will always have hope.
Having come to believe that I keep what I share,
every time I encourage, I receive courage.
It is with others that,
with the grace of God and the Fellowship of AA,
I trudge the road of happy destiny.
May I always remember that the power within me
is far greater than any fear before me.
May I always have patience, for I am on the right road.
Reprinted from Daily Reflections, Page 70
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Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible,
and achieves the impossible
MONDAY , MAY 29, 2006
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go.
Powerlessness and Unmanageability
Willpower is not the key to the way of life we are seeking. Surrender is.
"I have spent much of my life trying to make people be, do, or feel something they aren't, don't want to do, and choose not to feel. I have made them, and myself, crazy in that process," said one recovering woman.
I spent my childhood trying to make an alcoholic father who didn't love himself be a normal person who loved me. I then married an alcoholic and spent a decade trying to make him stop drinking.
I have spent years trying to make emotionally unavailable people be emotionally present for me. I have spent even more years trying to make family members, who are content feeling miserable, happy.
What I'm saying is this: I've spent much of my life desperately and vainly trying to do the impossible and feeling like a failure when I couldn't. It's been like planting corn and trying to make the seeds grow peas. Won't work!
By surrendering to powerlessness, I gain the presence of mind to stop wasting my time and energy trying to change and control that which I cannot change and control. It gives me permission to stop trying to do the impossible and focus on what is possible: being who I am, loving myself, feeling what I feel, and doing what I want to do with my life.
In recovery, we learn to stop fighting lions, simply because we cannot win. We also learn that the more we are focused on controlling and changing others, the more unmanageable our life becomes. The more we focus on living our own life, the more we have a life to live, and the more manageable our life will become.
Today, I will accept powerlessness where I have no power to change things, and I'll allow my life to become manageable.
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go.
Powerlessness and Unmanageability
Willpower is not the key to the way of life we are seeking. Surrender is.
"I have spent much of my life trying to make people be, do, or feel something they aren't, don't want to do, and choose not to feel. I have made them, and myself, crazy in that process," said one recovering woman.
I spent my childhood trying to make an alcoholic father who didn't love himself be a normal person who loved me. I then married an alcoholic and spent a decade trying to make him stop drinking.
I have spent years trying to make emotionally unavailable people be emotionally present for me. I have spent even more years trying to make family members, who are content feeling miserable, happy.
What I'm saying is this: I've spent much of my life desperately and vainly trying to do the impossible and feeling like a failure when I couldn't. It's been like planting corn and trying to make the seeds grow peas. Won't work!
By surrendering to powerlessness, I gain the presence of mind to stop wasting my time and energy trying to change and control that which I cannot change and control. It gives me permission to stop trying to do the impossible and focus on what is possible: being who I am, loving myself, feeling what I feel, and doing what I want to do with my life.
In recovery, we learn to stop fighting lions, simply because we cannot win. We also learn that the more we are focused on controlling and changing others, the more unmanageable our life becomes. The more we focus on living our own life, the more we have a life to live, and the more manageable our life will become.
Today, I will accept powerlessness where I have no power to change things, and I'll allow my life to become manageable.
HI Gina
glad to see someone else around - its getting kinda lonely on here this morning.
I like your thought for the day. thanks for posting that. and I'm glad your day got better.
Idgie
glad to see someone else around - its getting kinda lonely on here this morning.
I like your thought for the day. thanks for posting that. and I'm glad your day got better.
Idgie
Hi Idgie..
awee your welcome ...honestly though it helps me more by posting it cause I have to read it to..lolol...
Its morning where you are? You in the UK? Im in the US and its almost 10 pm here...
awee your welcome ...honestly though it helps me more by posting it cause I have to read it to..lolol...
Its morning where you are? You in the UK? Im in the US and its almost 10 pm here...
hi Gina
lucky you - its means another sober day almost over LOL - I'm in Australia its almost noon here. Bright sunny but cold day. No public holidays today unfortunately - I'm at work but not much work is getting done LOL.
my work tends to come in spurts.
hanging out for the public holiday in 2 weeks time.
lucky you - its means another sober day almost over LOL - I'm in Australia its almost noon here. Bright sunny but cold day. No public holidays today unfortunately - I'm at work but not much work is getting done LOL.
my work tends to come in spurts.
hanging out for the public holiday in 2 weeks time.
