Chris got me thinking ......... I've heard The Promises read so many times at meetings, I realize, sometimes, I'm not really listening, my mind wanders. So, thought I'd post them for anyone else who, like me, can become easily complacent or distracted.
The underlined is what sums up AA as a whole for me
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
-- Edited by Doll at 20:55, 2005-11-12
Rick said
Nov 13, 2005
easily complacent or distracted.
I THINK LIKE ALL OF US !!
Phil said
Nov 13, 2005
Good job, we arent perfect at all this hu?
I keep thinking of a padded cell...for some reason. Its safe...:)
You guys have a good day...got one of those DCM meetings today, and a meeting tonight.
Keep smilin....youll drive them all nuts.
Just had another buddy bite the dust, at 44 years old...all alcohol..But for the Grace of God..there go we..
Chris got me thinking ......... I've heard The Promises read so many times at meetings, I realize, sometimes, I'm not really listening, my mind wanders. So, thought I'd post them for anyone else who, like me, can become easily complacent or distracted.
The underlined is what sums up AA as a whole for me
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
-- Edited by Doll at 20:55, 2005-11-12
easily complacent or distracted.
I THINK LIKE ALL OF US !!
Good job, we arent perfect at all this hu?
I keep thinking of a padded cell...for some reason. Its safe...:)
You guys have a good day...got one of those DCM meetings today, and a meeting tonight.
Keep smilin....youll drive them all nuts.
Just had another buddy bite the dust, at 44 years old...all alcohol..But for the Grace of God..there go we..
Truck on!!