There is some alcoholic thought, conscious or unconscious, that comes before every slip. As long as we live, we must be on the lookout for such thoughts and guard against them. In fact, our A.A. training is mostly to prepare us, to make us ready to recognize such thoughts at once and to reject them at once. The slip comes when we allow such thoughts to remain in our minds, even before we actually go through the motions of lifting a glass to our lips. The A.A. program is largely one of mental training. How well is my mind prepared?
Meditation for the Day ~
Fret not your mind with puzzles that you cannot solve. The solutions may never be shown to you until you have left this life. The loss of dear ones, the inequality of life, the deformed and the maimed, and many other puzzling things may not be known to you until you reach the life beyond. "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." Only step by step, stage by stage, can you proceed in your journey into greater knowledge and understanding.
Prayer for the Day ~
I pray that I may be content that things which I now see darkly will some day be made clear. I pray that I may have faith that someday I will see face to face.
Hazelden
(Let it be a God or Higher Power of your own understanding)
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"Fret not your mind with puzzles that you cannot solve. The solutions may never be shown to you until you have left this life."
oh boy do I spend a lot of time doing this. I walk around all day looking at stuff that has nothing to do with me (or course) and thinking (or saying) they should do this and they should do that. What a waste of time, energy,emotions, and brain power instead of focusing on what I need to do.
God help me concentrate on what I need to do today.
God bless you, Pete. The last few 24s have seemed to have a particular synchronicity with our MIP fellowship for the moment. Posting them always helps me & I'm glad if they touch others too. So good to be here with you all, Danielle x
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