Daily reflections aa sms1/1/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s odd, however, is that we don’t often try to practice the things that bring happiness to others. Most of us know whether other people are truly happy. It is to the many, indeed, it is to the labors of all of us that we owe these prime blessings.” “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. May it ever point straight upward toward God. Eager hearts and hands have lifted the spire of our cathedral into its place. Traditions have been set in place to contain us in unity for as long as God may will it so. On the side walls, the buttresses of the A.A. On its great floor we have inscribed our Twelve Steps of recovery. 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. I pray that I may live as He wants me to live. I pray that I may think God’s thoughts after Him. ![]() It is the work of a lifetime to develop to full stature spiritually. I must train my mind constantly in quiet times of communion with God. I must often keep my mind occupied with thoughts about God and meditate on the way He wants me to live. God thought about the universe and brought it into being. It was a kind of defense against my feeling of inferiority. The reason I always tried to build myself up was that I knew deep down in my heart that I really didn’t amount to anything. I used to hang around the lowbrow barrooms so I could feel superior to the other customers. I told them so often that I half believe some of them now, even though I know they aren’t true. I used to tell tall stories about myself. When I was drinking, I always tried to build myself up. This sharing helps me to learn honesty in all my dealings and to know that God’s plan for me comes true through honest openness and willingness. Later I shared my life in order to help the newcomer find his place with us. It began after I shared “ … whole life’s story with someone … ” in order to find my place in the Fellowship. Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ![]()
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