Listening when it’s most needed by a friend may be our finest talent today. Perhaps we express ourselves adroitly maybe we write particularly well. We have many talents that are ours alone to offer the world. It may still be knowledge that escapes us, from time to time. The knowledge that we had something to offer the human race was not ours, then. Most of us were filled with rage, shame, or both. Many of us came into this program nearly feet first. And we do need to realize how very important we are to others. Sharing them knowingly will bring joy to us, but more than that, we will grow in appreciation of ourselves. Have we discovered what our gifts are? We assuredly have them, and now that we are abstinent we have opportunities, daily, to share them with others. Each of us, however, lives each day with special gifts which are a part of our very being, and life is a process of discovering and developing these God-given gifts within each one of us. The rare and beautiful experiences of divine revelation are moments of special gifts. What is good pride? What should I watch out for? Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me feel proud of the changes in my life.Īction for the Day: Today, I’ll talk with my sponsor about pride. And as long as we ask our Higher Power to work through us, we are the greatest. We’re not making so many problems for other people anymore We do our share. Nothing can interfere with today’s happiness. I will make the choice to be happy today, and to let tomorrow come in its own time. But the program unlocks the happiness, and we do have members whose happiness is an example to others. There are also recovering people who have not yet found happiness. There is no such thing as a happy alcoholic who is still drinking. We find happiness, too, in keeping occupied with useful activities that place demands on our energies and abilities. We also find true happiness in self-acceptance, being generally satisfied with our lot in life and grateful for the self-improvement we’ve found. We find true happiness when we learn to serve others in right ways that is, without demanding their gratitude or some other recognition.
Often, the happiness we’re striving for is really a form of excitement, trying to be continuously stimulated so as not to be bored or depressed.Įxcitement does not create happiness. What’s odd, however, is that we don’t often try to practice the things that bring happiness to others. Most of us know whether other people are truly happy. It is to the many, indeed, it is to the labors of all of us that we owe these prime blessings.” “It is not only to the few that we owe the remarkable developments in our unity and in our ability to carry A.A.’s message everywhere. May it ever point straight upward toward God. Eager hearts and hands have lifted the spire of our cathedral into its place. Traditions have been set in place to contain us in unity for as long as God may will it so. On the side walls, the buttresses of the A.A. On its great floor we have inscribed our Twelve Steps of recovery. We give thanks to our Heavenly Father, who, through so many friends and through so many means and channels, has allowed us to construct this wonderful edifice of the spirit in which we are now dwelling–this cathedral whose foundations already rest upon the corners of the earth. I pray that I may live as He wants me to live. I pray that I may think God’s thoughts after Him.
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It is the work of a lifetime to develop to full stature spiritually. I must train my mind constantly in quiet times of communion with God. I must often keep my mind occupied with thoughts about God and meditate on the way He wants me to live. God thought about the universe and brought it into being. It was a kind of defense against my feeling of inferiority.
The reason I always tried to build myself up was that I knew deep down in my heart that I really didn’t amount to anything. I used to hang around the lowbrow barrooms so I could feel superior to the other customers. I told them so often that I half believe some of them now, even though I know they aren’t true. I used to tell tall stories about myself. When I was drinking, I always tried to build myself up. This sharing helps me to learn honesty in all my dealings and to know that God’s plan for me comes true through honest openness and willingness. Later I shared my life in order to help the newcomer find his place with us. It began after I shared “ … whole life’s story with someone … ” in order to find my place in the Fellowship.
Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world.
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