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> Date: October 25, 2010 11:06:11 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Oops--today's the 25th
>

>
> Here's the correct reading:
>
> October 25: Is my life in the hands of God?
> This is October, the 10th month of the year;
> • The 10th Tradition reads: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opini
> on on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into
> public controversy.
> • The 10th Step: Continued to take personal inventory and whe
> n we were wrong promptly admitted it.
> • The 10th Promise: Fear of people and of economic insecuri
> ty will leave us.
> _________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally
> realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all
> vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. Now
> is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or
> worse. What I do now, in this present moment, is what makes up my
> life. My whole life is only a succession of nows. I will take this
> moment, which has been given to me by the grace of God, and I will
> do something with it. What I do with each now will make me or break
> me. Am I living in the now?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> We should work at overcoming ourselves, our selfish desires and our
> self-centeredness. This can never be fully accomplished. We can
> never become entirely unselfish. But we can come to realize that we
> are not at the center of the universe and that everything does not
> revolve around us at the center. I am only one cell in a vast
> network of human cells. I can at least make the effort to conquer
> the self-life and seek daily to obtain more and more of this self-
> conquest. "He that overcomes himself is greater than he who conquers
> a city."
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may strive to overcome my selfishness. I pray that I
> may achieve the right perspective of my position in the world.
>
>
> 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. 272 from As Bill Sees It : “Troubles o
> f Our Own Making”
> Selfishness - self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root
> of our troubles. Driven
> by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, & self-
> pity, we step on the
> toes of our fellows & they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us,
> seemingly without
> provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we
> have made
> decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be
> hurt.
> So our troubles, we think, are basically of our making. They
> arise out of ourselves,
> & the alcoholic is an extreme example of self will run riot, though
> he usually does not
> think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this
> selfishness. We must, or it
> kills us!
> Alcoholics Anonymous p-62
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
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