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> Date: November 3, 2010 9:41:21 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, November 3, 2010
>
> November 3: charity; alone no more
>
> This is November, the 11th month of the year;
> • The 11th Tradition reads: Our public relations policy is ba
> sed on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain per
> sonal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
> • The 11th Step: Sought through prayer and meditation to impr
> ove our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying onl
> y for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
> • The 11th Promise: We will intuitively know how to handle si
> tuations which used to baffle us.
> _________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> I have charity, another word for love. That right kind of love which
> is not selfish passion but an unselfish, outgoing desire to help
> other people. To do what is best for the other person, to put what
> is best for him or her above my own desires. To put God first, the
> other person second, and myself last. Charity is gentle, kind,
> understanding, long-suffering, and full of desire to serve. A.A. has
> given me this. What I do for myself is lost; what I do for others
> may be written somewhere in eternity. Have I charity?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> "Ask what you will and it shall be done unto you." God has unlimited
> power. There is no limit to what His power can do in human hearts.
> But we must have will to have God's power and we must ask God for
> it. Gods power is blocked off from us by our indifference to it. We
> can go along our own selfish way without calling on God's help and
> we get no power. But when we trust in God, we can will to have the
> power we need. When we sincerely ask God for it, we get it abundantly.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may will to have God's power. I pray that I may
> keep praying for the strength I need.
>
>
> 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. I get the text from the following website: http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/0403EN.htm
> Note 4 numbers after “h24/”: the first two are the day of the
> month and the second two are the month. Example: To get daily read
> ing for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
>
>
> The following is Excerpt No. 252 from As Bill Sees It : “Alone No M
> ore”
>
> Alcoholism was a lonely business, even though we were
> surrounded by people who loved us. But when our self will had driven
> everybody away & our isolation became complete, we commenced to play
> the big shot in cheap barrooms. Failing even in this, we had to fare
> forth alone on the street to depend upon the charity of passers-by.
> We were trying to find emotional security either by
> dominating or by being dependent upon others. Even when our fortunes
> had not totally ebbed, we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the
> world. We still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy sort of
> domination or dependence.
> For those of us who were like that, A.A. has a very special
> meaning. In this Fellowship we begin to learn right relations with
> people who understand us; we do not have to be alone any more.
> Twelve & Twelve p-116\117
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, N
> ew York, NY 10115