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> Date: September 7, 2010 12:40:40 PM EDT
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> Subject: Today, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
>
>
> September 7--Have I Learned to take it easy?
> This is September, the 9th month of the year;
> • The 9th Tradition: A.A., as such, ought never be organized;
> but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible
> to those they serve.
> • The 9th Step: Made direct amends to such people wherever
> possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
> • The 9th Promise: Our whole attitude and outlook upon life w
> ill change.
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> Another of the mottoes of A.A. is "Easy Does It." This means that we
> just go along in A.A. doing the best we can and not getting steamed
> up over problems that arise in A.A. or outside of it. We alcoholics
> are emotional people and we have gone to excess in almost everything
> we have done. We have not been moderate in many things. We have not
> known how to relax. Faith in a Higher Power can help us to learn to
> take it easy. We are not running the world. I am only one among
> many. We are resolved to live normal, regular lives. From our A.A.
> experience we learn that "easy does it." Have I Learned to take
> it easy?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> "The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting
> arms." Sheltering arms express the loving protection of God's
> spirit. Human beings, in their troubles and difficulties, need
> nothing so much as a refuge, a place to relax where they can lay
> down their burdens and get relief from cares. Say to yourself- "God
> is my refuge." Say it until its truth sinks into your very soul. Say
> it until you know it and are sure of it. Nothing can seriously upset
> you or make you afraid, if God is truly your refuge.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may go each day to God as a refuge until fear goes and
> peace and security come. I pray that I may feel deeply secure in the
> Haven of His spirit.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 197
> 5, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This bo
> ok was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Dayto
> na Beach, Florida.
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> The following is Excerpt No. 51 from As Bill Sees It : “The Coming
> of Faith”
>
> In my own case, the foundation stone of freedom from fear is that of
> faith: a faith that, despite all worldly appearances to the
> contrary, causes me to believe that I live in a universe that makes
> sense.
>
> To me, this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, &
> love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, & a destiny to
> grow, however little and haltingly, toward His own likeness & image.
> Before the coming of faith I had lived as an alien in a cosmos that
> too often seemed both hostile & cruel. In it there could be no inner
> security for me.
>
> Grapevine January 1962
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 b
> y Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive,
> New York, NY 10115