11/19/2023 0 Comments Aa daily reflection june 6I’ll spend extra time in prayer and meditation. As I do today’s work, guide me.Īction for the Day: Today, I’ll do an extra bit of work on my recovery. Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me know that wishing is lost energy. It takes courage and hard work, with the help of our Higher Power. We attend meetings, and we help out at meetings. There are many ways to work for recovery. But our program tells us how to work to change, not just wish for it. Our old way is to wish we were like them. Our old way is to think these people are better or luckier than us. Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.Īt meetings, we meet people who have what we want. If I’m expecting too many quick results, I might be setting myself up for disappointment. I’ll be content today with whatever progress I can make. If we continue to move ahead, even at a slow speed, we will reach our goals. The old fable of the tortoise and the hare still applies in human affairs. A surprising amount can be accomplished when we are moving continuously ahead, one small step at a time. If we are having small gains here and there, we are on the road to improvement. We can find real satisfaction, however, in accepting progress in small stages. When a sudden break or advantage appeared, it never really satisfied us. We saw life as something that should be taken in frantic gulps. In fact, one of the things that reinforced our addition was the continuous need for a quick fix. Our problem as compulsive people is in wanting quick results all the time. Though a few people do make exciting leaps forward, most of us must be content with gradual, steady improvements. The same is true in the lives of individuals. Most human progress comes slowly, though we see exciting breakthroughs at various times. More experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism. We alcoholics have learned this the hard way. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Ī continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means are necessities for us. A man may criticize or laugh at himself and it will affect others favorably, but criticism or ridicule aimed at someone else often produces the contrary effect. We find it better, when possible, to stick to our own stories. We do not relate intimate experiences of another member unless we are sure he would approve. I pray that in my hour of need, I may call upon these. I pray that I may keep making deposits in God’s bank. The world does not see what that person has been putting in, in thanks and praise, in prayer and communion, in small good deeds done faithfully, steadily over the years. The world sees the person of faith make a demand on God’s stores of power and the demand is met. But what the world has not seen are the countless small sums paid into that bank, earned by faithful work over a long time. The world wonders when it sees a person who can unexpectedly draw large and unsuspected sums from the bank for some emergency. We call upon whatever reserves of morality and faith are left down deep in our heart. When we reach the bottom, at this crucial moment when we’re thoroughly licked, we turn instinctively to whatever decency is left in us. If we have had some moral, religious, or spiritual training, we’re better prospects for A.A. Seeing things from God’s angle of vision can be very relaxing. I looked so silly that I dropped back into reality and slowed down. They were followed by me–bug eyed and red of face–who had no time schedule to meet anyway. I saw an elderly couple driving along, happily chatting about their grandchildren. I tried it and when I encountered the next slow driver, I levitated and looked down on the other car and upon myself. I thought if I could look down on these events from God’s point of view, I might better control my feelings and behavior. That repeated experience gave me an idea. Before I give God a chance to slow me down, I explode, and that’s what I call being quicker than God. Following a slow car in a no-passing lane, or waiting in a restaurant for the check, drives me to distraction. Impatience with other people is one of my principal failings. We reacted more strongly to frustrations than normal people.
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