A Prayer & Some Thoughts - March

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March 23

Your Will Lord

Lord,
Grant me to greet the coming day in peace, help me in all things to rely upon your will.
In every hour of the day reveal your will to me.
Teach me to treat all that comes to throughout the day with peace of soul and with firm conviction that your will governs all.
In all my deeds and words, guide my thoughts and feelings.
In unforeseen events, let me not forget that all are sent by you.
Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering and embarrassing others.
Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring.
Direct my will, teach me to pray.
Amen

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Just a Thought

The basis of our effectiveness in carrying the message to others is the reality of our own spiritual awakening.

If we have not changed, we cannot be used to change others. To keep this program, we must pass it on to others. We cannot keep it for ourselves.

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

We may lose it unless we give it away.

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Just a Contemplation

Finding Oneself

We have lost a lot of misery. In its place inside us, a spirit grows. . . as love is added.
Especially self-love. In our illness, we came to hate ourselves. It was really our illness we hated. We couldn’t find ourselves. All we saw was what others saw---our illness.
In recovery, we’ve found ourselves again. We’ve found we’re good people. We’ve also come to love the world around us. We see we have something to offer this world---ourselves.
Why? Because we have found ourselves.

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Dividends

The A.A. preoccupation with sobriety is sometimes misunderstood. To some, this single virtue appears to be the sole dividend of our Fellowship. We are thought to be dried-up drunks who otherwise have changed little, or not at all, for the better. Such a surmise widely misses the truth. We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual--by a spiritual awakening that can banish the desire to drink.

As Bill Sees It Page 171

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Just a Few Quotes

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.” ~ Thomas Szasz

“Don’t spend all of your time trying to FIND yourself. Spend your time CREATING yourself into a person that you’ll be proud of.” ~ Sonya Parker