The A.A. way of living is not an easy one. But it's an adventure in living that is really worthwhile. And it's so much better than our old drunken way of living that there's no comparison. Our lives without A.A. would be worth nothing. With A.A., we have a chance to live reasonably good lives. It's worth the battle, no matter how tough the going is from day to day. Isn't it worth the battle?
Meditation for the Day ~
The spiritual life has two parts. One is the life apart, the life of prayer and quiet communion with God. You spend this part of your life apart with God. Every day your mind can be set in the right direction so that your thoughts will be of the right kind. The other is the life impart - imparting to others what you have learned from your own meditative experience. The victories you have won over yourself through the help of God can be shared with others. You can help them by imparting to them some of the victory and security that you have gained in your life apart.
Prayer for the Day ~
I pray that I may grow strong from my times apart with God. I pray that I may pass on some of this strength to others.
Hazelden
(Let it be a God or Higher Power of your own understanding)
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
This is an amazing message for me. I have noticed how my quiet~time & conscious contact with the God of my understanding really does even seem like a time apart from my life within my life.
I can so quite easily take my self~will back & be full of control, fear, worry & a lessthan/morethan inferiority complex at any given moment. It's the root of my illness & as such will not suddenly disappear. I have to live with it everyday. All I ever get is a moment or daily reprieve of peace from my irritability & discontent. At any moment I can take my will back & become as self~centered as I ever have been. It's when I allow my HP in by surrendering & handing over again that I get this sense of release & I feel that letting go & separateness of wanting to be in charge & have everything perfect to my whims.. Freedom from the bondage of self ~ The I, Self, Me (ism).
Yes, quiet~time with my HP takes me quite apart from thesecrazinesses to come back calmer & (sometimes ;) able to share that it does work when I work it. Thank God there are meetings where people actually do want to hear this & have hope. We share it all between us as we learn to live by our programs. Even moments of peace are worth it & staying sober & away from the first drink even more so. Thanks to those who managed to put such into beautiful words. I'm really proud of the people who have imparted their ES&H in this book too. Thankyou Hazelden, Daniella x
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
