A Prayer & Some Thoughts - March

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March 11

Accepting Change Prayer

Lord,
I need Your strength to help me with acceptance of all things.
I struggle accepting change, new people, bad news, and so much more.
Ease my fears and remove my apprehensive thoughts as I work to implement new ways and accept different ideas in my life.
Give me the courage to welcome newness and changes in my life.
Amen

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Just a Thought

How do I talk with new prospects?

Am I always trying to dominate the conversation? Do I lay down the law and tell prospects what they will have to do? Do I judge them privately and feel that they have a small chance of making the program? Do I belittle them to myself? Or am I willing to bare my soul so as to get them talking about themselves? And, then, am I willing to be a good listener, not interrupting, but hearing them out to the end? Do I feel deeply that they are my brothers or my sisters?

So ............

Will I do all I can to help them along the path to sobriety?

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Just a Contemplation

“To thine own self be true”?

Hadn’t we thought only of ourselves before recovery? The answer is no. That wasn’t the real us. Each of us lost touch with our real self because of our alcoholism. We lost our goals, our feelings, our values. We chased the high. In this way, we lost our spirit. We became alcoholics.
With sobriety, we find ourselves again---and it feels great! We stop playing a role and become ourselves---and it’s wonderful. We follow our dreams and beliefs, not some alcoholic wild goose chase. We are again free to be ourselves.

"This above all: To thine own self be true." ~ William Shakespeare

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Circus Act

I realized I'd been living outside myself for so long I'd almost become a walking vacancy.
In my prized AA sobriety, I was still running a kind of circus which had numerous, highly believable posters plastered all over its outside -- See the Spectacular Non-Drinking Person! Watch How Movingly He can Recite the Twelve Steps! -- but which had nothing much going on inside the tent.
I've been working hard to shut that circus down ever since with varying degrees of success.

The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 3], Pages 237-238

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Just a Few Quotes

“Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.” ~ Sonia Ricotti

“The first step towards change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” ~ Nathaniel Branden