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> Date: July 1, 2011 9:06:55 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Friday, July 1, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Friday, July 1, 2011
> Hi--had a rough spot (my anger/fear) yesterday. I am reminded that I am one of those people who should be allowed to wander in my head alone. How do I avoid that? go to a meeting, call my sponsor, use the Kindle I was given for father's day................
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> July 1–Acceptance
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> This is July, the 7th month of the year;
> • The 7th Tradition: Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
> • The 7th Step: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
> • The 7th Promise: We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
> __________________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> In following the A.A. program with its twelve steps, we have the advantage of a better understanding of our problems. Day after day our sobriety results in the formation of new habits, normal habits. As each twenty-four-hour period ends, we find that the business of staying sober is a much less trying and fearsome ordeal than it seemed in the beginning. Do I find it easier as I go along?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> Learn daily the lesson of trust and calm in the midst of the storms of life. Whatever of sorrow or difficulty the day may bring, God's command to you is the same. Be grateful, humble, calm, and loving to all people. Leave each soul the better for having met you or heard you. For all kinds of people, this should be your attitude: a loving desire to help and an infectious spirit of calmness and trust in God. You have the answer to loneliness and fear, which is calm faith in the goodness and purpose in the universe.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may he calm in the midst of storms. I pray that I may pass on this calmness to others who are lonely and full of fear.
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> 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.
> ____________________
> Acceptance
> Acceptance is the key to my relationship with God today.
> I never just sit and do nothing
> while waiting for Him to tell me what to do.
> Rather, I do whatever is in front of me to be done,
> and I leave the results up to Him;
> however it turns out, that's God's will for me.
> I must keep my magic magnifying mind on my acceptance
> and off my expectations,
> for my serenity is directly proportional
> to my level of acceptance.
> When I remember this, I can see I've never had it so good.
> Thank God for AA!
>
> c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 420.
> With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
>
> Thought to Ponder . . .
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> My disappointments are equal to my expectations.
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