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DAILY REMINDERS |
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TEST January 25th 2019 - 1144 |
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January 19th 2018: 1854 Hours. |
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| "Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has
all power - that One is God." AA Big Book , Page 59. |
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| 'As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful,
and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves
we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times
each day “Thy will be done.” We are then in much less danger of
excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. We
become much more efficient. We to not tire so easily for we are not
burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange
life to suit ourselves.' AA Big Book , Pages 87/88. |
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| 'It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest
on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a
subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a
daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.
Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all
of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee - Thy will (not mine) be
done." These are thoughts which must go with us constantly. We can
exercise our will power along this line all we wish. It is the proper
use of the will.' AA Big Book , Page 85. === 'I read this passage each morning, to start off my day,
because it is a continual reminder to “practice these principles in all
my affairs.” When I keep God’s will at the forefront of my mind, I am
able to do what I should be doing, and that puts me at peace with life,
with myself, and with God.' |
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| "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I
am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or
situation—some fact of my life —unacceptable to me, and I can find no
serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being
exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely
nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my
alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on
life’s terms (without I personally encouraging, or supporting, or kowtowing to wrongdoers), I cannot be happy. I
need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world
as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes." 'Shakespeare said, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” He forgot to mention that I was the chief critic. I was always able to see the flaw in every person, every situation. And I was always glad to point it out, because I knew you wanted perfection, just as I did. A.A. and acceptance have taught me that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all children of God and we each have a right to be here. When I complain about me or about you, I am complaining about God’s handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God." ' AA Big Book, 4th Edition, Page 417. |
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NON-AA TEXTS |
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| “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the
overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom
and that of all about me seemed insufficient on such occasions.” President Abraham Lincoln. |
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| Dear God, If it pleases you, please guide and direct my thoughts and actions -- AT ALL TIMES, IDEALLY -- so that I do what's RIGHT by YOU; and, what's best for myself, for humanity generally, and for "Life on Earth As A Whole". Without YOUR HELP, I feel it is far too much for me to be trying to figure out -- on my own -- how best to respond to the present collection of very difficult "Ruling Elite" type problems I am still battling with, as an individual human being. Other people can and do help me of course in various ways; but, as I see things, they only have human brains, which, like my own, are, I believe, relatively extremely restricted in terms of overall strength, overall knowledge, and overall POWER: compared to YOURS. In other words, I no longer assume, or in any way believe or imagine, that I can ever sensibly rely on my own human brain, or on the brains of other people, to make it possible for me, to the additional extent I believe YOU can, to do what's RIGHT by YOU, on a "One day at a Time" basis, regarding the overall "Ruling Elite Problem" as it is just now, and which includes the threat of a thermonuclear WW3 EVENT; and, at the same time, to also do what's BEST for myself, for humanity generally, and for "Life on Earth As A Whole". W. |
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| "There's been a quantum leap technologically in our age, but
unless there's another quantum leap in human relations, unless we learn
to live in a new way towards one another, there will be a catastrophe."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." Albert Einstein. |
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Go through the "12 STEPS" in my MIND as THOUGHTFULLY as I can. |
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