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> From: NewParadigmFund@aol.com
> Date: December 27, 2011 10:52:19 AM EST
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> Subject: December 27
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> December 27–the goodness in us is still there; the fellowship helped us find it, build
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> This is December, the 12th month of the year;
> • The 12th Tradition reads: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
> • The 12th Step: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
> • The 12th Promise: We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> I need the A.A. principles for the development of the buried life within me, that good life, which I had misplaced, but which I found again in this fellowship. This life within me is developing slowly but surely, with many setbacks, many mistakes, many failures, but still developing. As long as I stick close to A.A., my life will go on developing, and I cannot yet know what it will be, but I know that it will be good. That's all I want to know. It will be good. Am I thanking God for A.A.?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> Build your life on the firm foundation of true gratitude to God for all His blessings and true humility because of your unworthiness of these blessings. Build the frame of your life out of self-discipline; never let yourself get selfish or lazy or contented with yourself. Build the walls of your life out of service to others, helping them to find the way to live. Build the roof of your life out of prayer and quiet times, waiting for God's guidance from above. Build a garden around your life out of peace of mind and serenity and a sure faith.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may build my life on A.A. principles. I pray that it may be a good building when my work is finished.
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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. 92 from As Bill Sees It : “Walking Toward Serenity”
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> When I was tired & could not concentrate, I used to fall back on an affirmation toward life that took the form of simple walking & deep breathing. I sometimes told myself that I could not do even this - that I was too weak. But I learned that this was the point at which I could not give in without becoming still more depressed.
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> So I would set myself a small stint. I would determine to walk a quarter of a mile. & I would concentrate by counting my breathing - say, six steps to each slow inhalation & four to each exhalation.
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> Having done the quarter mile, I found that I could go on, maybe a half mile more. Then another half mile & maybe another.
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> This was encouraging. The false sense of physical weakness would leave me (this feeling being so characteristic of depressions). The walking & especially the breathing were powerful affirmations toward life & living & away from failure & death. The counting represented a minimum discipline in concentration, to get some rest from the wear & tear of fear & guilt.
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