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Phil


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 Each Day a New Beginning.


Give as much of yourself as you can to as much of your higher power as you can understand.
--S.H.


The more we are in concert with God, the greater will be our pleasures in life. Recognizing our partnership with our higher power makes every decision easier, facilitates the completion of every task, and removes all uncertainty about our value to this world, particularly to those persons around us.


Knowledge that we are never alone, that in every circumstance our best interests are being cared for, softens whatever blow we encounter. The blows teach us; they are the lessons the inner self has requested, and let us never forget we have a ready tutor to see us through every assignment.


The more we rely on God to see us through the mundane activities as well as the troubling experiences, the greater will be our certainty that all is well, our lives are on course, and a plan is unfolding little by little that has our best interests at its center.


My understanding of God and the power of that presence is proportionate to my reliance on that power. Not unlike the power of electricity, I can plug into the source of the "light" of understanding and for the strength to see my way through any experience today.


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A.A. Thought for the Day


The Twelfth Step of A.A., working with others, can be subdivided into five parts, five words beginning with the letter C confidence, confession, conviction, con version, and continuance. The first thing in trying to help other alcoholics is to get their confidence. We do this by telling them our own experiences with drinking, so that they see that we know what we're talking about. If we share our experiences frankly, they will know that we are sincerely trying to help them. They will realize that they're not alone and that others have had experiences as bad or worse than theirs. This gives them confidence that they can be helped. Do I care enough about other alcoholics to get their confidence?


Meditation for the Day


I fail not so much when tragedy happens as I did be fore the happening, by all the little things I might have done, but did not do. I must prepare for the future by doing the right thing at the right time now. If a thing should be done, I should deal with that thing today and get it righted with God before I allow myself to undertake any new duty. I should look upon myself as performing God's errands and then coming back to Him to tell Him in quiet communion that the message has been delivered or the task done.


Prayer for the Day


I pray that I may seek no credit for the results of what I do. I pray that I may leave the outcome of my actions to God.(as I understand Him)



 

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We can act ourselves into right thinking easier than we can think ourselves into right acting.
--Anonymous


The best thing for us to do in our 12 Step Program is to be honest in how we act and think. We must be true to that belief.


We can't think for others, and they can't think for us. Friends can tell us the lessons they have learned from their experiences. If those lessons fit us, we can use them to help guide us and our thinking. We often hear, "Take what you need and leave the rest."


As good for us as our ideas are, we must not force them on others. We can only offer them. And we won't be true to ourselves if we are jealous of other people's ideas. We never know what we can do until we try, and we can't be sure what ideas are best for us until we test them.


Am I dedicated to the beliefs that are best for me in my recovery?

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Thank you Phil,

Will take this with me all day, as my spiritual nuturing for this 24 hours.
How great to start the day, on the right Path, With My Higher Power as a Guide thru this day, many times a day I have a very subtle reminder of how my actions for today, must be completed to the best of my ability, leaving the thinking of the "How to" on the Back Burner. I will have all the time, if I still need the time that is, to think about what I accomplished at the end of the Day I am in.

A Big Hug,

How is the weather?, still using your hair-dryer on those Poor Gerraniums?
What a visual image! (Smile)

-- Edited by Toni Baloney at 10:35, 2006-05-23

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Morning Baloney....


All the crap stuff is over with....a balmy 68 today..and into the 70s tomorrow...Geraniums survived...Electricity bill went up..(smile)


Have a good day near the sea shore...


Got people to do and things to see....


Onward!!!



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