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> Date: January 11, 2012 8:48:06 AM EST
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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> January 11: Have I learned that there is happiness in helping others?
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> This is January, the 1st month of the year;
> • The 1st Tradition: Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
> • The 1st Step: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
> • The 1st Promise: If we are painstaking about this phase [Steps 8 & 9] of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> When we were drinking, most of us never thought of helping others. We liked to buy drinks for people, because that made us feel like big shots. But we only used others for our own pleasure. To really go out and try to help somebody who needed help never occurred to us. To us, helping others looked like a sucker's game. But when we came into A.A., we began to try to help others. And we found out that helping others made us happy and also helped us to stay sober. Have I learned that there is happiness in helping others?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> I will pray only for strength and that God's will be done. I will use God's unlimited store of strength for my needs. I will seek God's will for me. I will strive for consciousness of God's presence, for He is the light of the world. I have become a pilgrim, who needs only marching orders and strength and guidance for this day.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may seek God's guidance day by day. I pray that I may strive to abide in God's presence.
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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.
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> The following is Excerpt No. 13 from As Bill Sees It : “The Shared Gift”
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> A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither & those who have not been given the truth may die.
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> Service Manual p-5
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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> The Practice of a Bodhisattva
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> The entire practice of a bodhisattva is divided into six perfections, which are generosity, discipline, patience, effort, meditative concentration, and wisdom. In order to fulfill the hopes of others, it is very important to engage in the practice of generosity, which in turn should be strengthened by a strict observance of ethical discipline, that is of non-violence. The practice of discipline must itself be complemented by that of patience, because you will need to have forbearance when facing the harm inflicted on you by others. In order to succeed in these practices, your endeavor must be strong and stable. And without meditative concentration that effort will not be so effective. Finally, if you do not have the wisdom that realizes the nature of all phenomena, you will not be capable of guiding others on the path that leads to enlightenment.
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> From: Little Book of Inner Peace, His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Frédérique Hatier, Translated from the French by Dominique Side, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 2002, page 221