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> From: Dave Mastran <davemastran@gmail.com>
> Date: July 16, 2014 at 10:37:47 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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> July 16- Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm.
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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.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> After we had sobered up through the A.A. program, we gradually began to get a peace of mind and serenity which we never thought were possible. This peace of mind is based on a feeling that fundamentally all is well. That does not mean that all is well on the surface of things. Little things can keep going wrong and big things can keep on upsetting us. But deep down in our hearts we know that everything is eventually going to be all right, now that we are living sober lives. Have I achieved a deep down, inner calm?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> You are climbing up the ladder of life, which reaches into eternity. Would God plant your feet upon an in- secure ladder? Its supports may be out of sight, hid- den in secret places, but if God has asked you to step on and up firmly, then surely He has secured your ladder. Faith gives you the strength to climb steadily this ladder of life. You should leave your security to God and trust Him not to let you fall. He is there to give you all the power you need to keep on climbing.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may climb the ladder of life without fear. I pray that I may progress steadily through the rest of my life with faith and confidence.
> 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.
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> Emotional Turmoil
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> When on the roller coaster of emotional turmoil,
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> I remember that growth is often painful.
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> My evolution in the AA program has taught me
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> that I must experience the inner change, however painful,
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> that eventually guides me from selfishness
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> to selflessness.
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> If I am to have serenity,
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> I must STEP my way past emotional turmoil
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> and its subsequent hangover,
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> and be grateful for continuing spiritual progress.
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> c. 1990 AAWS, Daily Reflections, p. 285.
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> With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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> Thought to Ponder . . .
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> Serenity isn't freedom from the storm;
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> it is peace within the storm.
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