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> Date: November 17, 2010 11:17:02 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, November 17, 2010
>
> Beth–11/17/2005
>
> November 17– finding spirituality in the midst of dysfunctional real
> ity
>
> This is November, the 11th month of the year;
> • The 11th Tradition reads: Our public relations policy is ba
> sed on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain per
> sonal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
> • The 11th Step: Sought through prayer and meditation to impr
> ove our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying onl
> y for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
> • The 11th Promise: We will intuitively know how to handle si
> tuations which used to baffle us.
> _________
>
>
> Thought for the Day
> Everyone has two personalities, a good and a bad. We are all dual
> personalities to some extent. When we were drinking, the bad
> personality was in control. We did things when we were drunk that
> we would never do when we were sober. When we sober up, we are
> different people. Then we wonder how we could have done the things
> we did. But we drink again, and again our bad side comes out. So
> we are back and forth, always in conflict with our other selves,
> always in a stew. This division of our selves is not good; we must
> somehow become unified. We do this by giving ourselves
> wholeheartedly to A.A. and to sobriety. Have I become unified?
>
> Meditation for the Day
> “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of T
> hy Lord.” These words are for many ordinary people whom the world m
> ay pass by, unrecognizing. Not to the world-famed, the proud, the w
> ealthy, are these words spoken, but to the quiet followers who serve
> God unobtrusively yet faithfully, who bear their crosses bravely an
> d put a smiling face to the world. “Enter into the joy of Thy Lord.
> Pass into the fuller spiritual life, which is a life of joy and pe
> ace.”
>
> Prayer for the Day
> I pray that I may not desire the world’s applause. I pray that I ma
> y not seek rewards for doing what I believe is right.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 1975,
> Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This book
> was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Daytona
> Beach, Florida. I get the text from the following website: http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/0403EN.htm
> Note 4 numbers after “h24/”: the first two are the day of the
> month and the second two are the month. Example: To get daily read
> ing for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
>
> ----------------------
> After Work
>
> by Richard Jones
>
> Coming up from the subway
> into the cool Manhattan evening,
> I feel rough hands on my heart–
> women in the market yelling
> over rows of tomatoes and peppers,
> old men sitting on a stoop playing cards,
> cabbies cursing each other with fists
> while the music of church bells
> sails over the street,
> and the father, angry and tired
> after working all day,
> embracing his little girl,
> kissing her,
> mi vida, mi corazón,
> brushing the hair out of her eyes
> so she can see.
>
> From Good Poems Selected and Introduced by Garrison Keillor As heard
> on The Writer's Almanac; Penguin Books, 2003; page 183