LIVING IN THE NOW

 Good Morning!!!

 

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.

 

*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*

 

June 9, 2024

 

LIVING IN THE NOW

First, we try living in the now

just in order to stay sober -- and it works.

Once the idea has become a part of our thinking,

we find that living life in 24-hour segments

is an effective and satisfying way

to handle many other matters as well.

LIVING SOBER, p. 7

"One Day At A Time."

To a newcomer this and other one-liners of A.A.

may seem ridiculous.

The passwords of the A.A. Fellowship

can become lifelines in moments of stress.

Each day can be like a rose

unfurling according to the plan

of a Power greater than myself.

My program should be planted in the right location,

just as it will need to be groomed,

nourished, and protected from disease.

My planting will require patience,

and my realizing that some flowers

will be more perfect than others.

Each stage of the petals' unfolding

can bring wonder and delight if I do not interfere

or let my expectations override my acceptance --

and this brings serenity.

 

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Built by the One and the Many

 

We give thanks to our Heavenly Father, who,

through so many friends

and through so many means and channels,

has allowed us to construct

this wonderful edifice of the spirit

in which we are now dwelling–

this cathedral whose foundations

already rest upon the corners of the earth.

On its great floor we have inscribed

our Twelve Steps of recovery.

On the side walls, the buttresses of the A.A. Traditions

have been set in place to contain us in unity

for as long as God may will it so.

Eager hearts and hands have lifted

the spire of our cathedral into its place.

That spire bears the name of service.

May it ever point straight upward toward God.

“It is not only to the few that we owe

the remarkable developments in our unity

and in our ability to carry A.A.’s message everywhere.

It is to the many, indeed, it is to the labors of all of us

that we owe these prime blessings.”

1. A.A. Comes Of Age, p. 234

2. Talk, 1959

3. As Bill Sees It, P. 155

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