God grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change;
Courage to change
the things I can;
and Wisdom
to know the difference.
Thy will, not mine, be done.
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April 10, 2023
GROWING UP
The essence of all growth is
a willingness to change for the better
and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder
whatever responsibility this entails.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115
Sometimes when I’ve become willing to do what I should
have been doing all along, I want praise and recognition.
I don’t realize that the more I’m willing to act differently,
the more exciting my life is.
The more I am willing to help others,
the more rewards I receive.
That’s what practicing the principles means to me.
Fun and benefits for me
are in the willingness to do the actions,
not to get immediate results.
Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger,
a little more loving makes my life better–day by day.
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Gratitude
"Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward.
"In other words, if you carry the message to still others,
you will be making the best possible repayment
for the help given to you."
No satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater
than in a Twelfth Step job well done.
To watch the eyes of men and women
open with wonder as they move from darkness into light,
to see their lives quickly fill
with new purpose and meaning,
and above all to watch them awaken
to the presence of a loving God in their lives –
these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message.
1. LETTER, 1959
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 110
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"Take care of the little things,
the bigger things are easier to handle"
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GRAPEVINE quote of the day
"May those who come to know the truth never forget it."
Mulberry, Florida, June 2011
"This Wasted Life,"
AA Grapevine
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People are always
blaming their circumstances
for what they are.
--George Bernard Shaw
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