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> Date: November 23, 2010 11:04:47 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, November 23, 2010
>
> November 23
> 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.
> _________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> I no longer refuse to do anything because I cannot do it to
> perfection. Many of us alcoholics use the excuse of not being able
> to do something perfectly to enable us to do nothing at all. We
> pretend to be perfectionists. We are good at telling people how a
> thing should be done, but when we come to the effort of doing it
> ourselves, we balk. We say to ourselves: "I might make a mistake so
> I'd better let the whole thing slide." In A.A. we set our goals
> high, but that does not prevent us from trying. The mere fact that
> we will never fully reach these goals does not prevent us from doing
> the best we can. Have I stopped hiding behind the smoke screen of
> perfectionism?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> "In the world ye shall have tribulation. But be of good cheer. I
> have overcome the world." Keep an undaunted spirit. Keep your
> spirit free and unconquered. You can be undefeated and untouched by
> failure and all its power, by letting your spirit overcome the
> world; rise above earth's turmoil into the secret chamber of perfect
> peace and confidence. When a challenge comes to you, remember you
> have God's help and nothing can wholly defeat you.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may have confidence and be of good cheer. I pray that
> I may not fear the power of failure.
>
>
> 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
> ------------------------------
>
> The following is Excerpt No. 20 from As Bill Sees It : “Light from
> a prayer”
>
> God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot
> change, the courage to change the things we can, & the wisdom to
> know the difference.
> Grapevine March 1962
>
> We treasure our "serenity prayer" because it brings new light
> to us that can dissipate our old-time & nearly fatal habit of
> fooling ourselves.
>
> In the radiance of this prayer we see that defeat, rightly
> accepted, need be no disaster. We now know that we do not have to
> run away, nor ought we try to overcome adversity by still another
> bulldozing power drive that can only push up obstacles before us
> faster than they can be taken down.
> Grapevine March 1962
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
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