There are even dangerous groups based on hate. Sometimes people are public about their hate. Hate is found deep in our hearts and minds. We begin to see how important it is to give up hate–if we want others to care for us. They, in turn, will respect us in most cases. I know that there are no hidden thoughts in the long run.įew people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed. I will think well of myself and all others. I’ll remember today that I don’t really keep my thoughts and feelings secret. As the sober years stretch out, we will be improving our thoughts and feelings, and this will tell others what the program is doing for us and through us. We need not fear our own thoughts and feelings if we are continuing to work the program. Peale wrote that “God runs a beauty parlor,” meaning that plain people with gracious thoughts tend to become more attractive as years wear on. This process has its good side, because kind thoughts and feelings also affect our appearance, and in positive ways. It is not difficult at all to identify people who are fearful, angry, or jealous. The nature of our thoughts shapes our character and becomes part of us. In the long run, however, we do not really conceal our true thoughts and feelings.
In our thoughts, we can choose what we wish to reveal to others before we speak or act. It is fortunate that we can think in secret, because our thoughts would quickly get us in trouble if others could read them.
#Daily reflections aa february 24th professional
Even more loudly, the socialite (or Park Avenue stumblebum) said the same–so did the artists and the professional people, the rich, the poor, the religious, the agnostic, the Indians and the Eskimos, the veterans, and the prisoners.īut nowadays all of these, and legions more, soberly talk about how very much alike all of us alcoholics are when we admit that the chips are finally down. This process of identification and transmission has gone on and on. But as the communication was perfected, mostly by the women themselves, the picture changed. Like the “high bottoms,” the women said they were different A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. I pray that I may learn that trying to do His will is perfect freedom.
I pray that, in spite of my material limitations, I may follow God’s way. I am in uncharted waters, limited by my temporal and spatial life, but unlimited in my spiritual life. I must go just one step at a time, because God does not grant me a longer view. But in temporal and material things, I must submit to limitations. I know that the vision and power that I receive from God are limitless, as far as spiritual things are concerned. There’s only one way to get out of that blind alley way of living and that’s to change your thinking. And no matter how many disastrous experiences they have had with drinking, they still do it over and over again. They still want everything for themselves. They’re too sensitive and too easily hurt. They’re running away from life and won’t face things as they are. *****************************************Īlcoholics who are living in a blind alley refuse to be really honest with themselves or with other people.
The miracle of service is this: when I use what I have, I find there is more available to me than I realized before. Are the ashtrays full? Do I have hands and feet to empty them? Suddenly I’m involved! The best speaker may make the worst coffee the member who’s best with newcomers may be unable to read the one willing to clean up may make a mess of the bank account – yet every one of these people and jobs is essential to an active group. I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, “What can I do?” Simply start with what I have today! I look around to see where there is a need. “Faith without works is dead.” … To be helpful is our only aim.
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