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> Date: October 8, 2010 10:44:51 AM EDT
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> Subj: Today, Friday, October 8, 2010
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> October 8: Consciously cultivating thankfulness is a journey of the
> soul
> 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.
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>
> Thought for the Day
> There is such a thing as being too loyal any one group. Do I feel
> put out when another group starts and some members of my group leave
> it and branch out into new territory? Or do I send them out with my
> blessing? Do I visit that new offshoot group and help it along? Or
> do I sulk in my own tent? A.A. grows by the starting of new
> groups all the time. I must realize that it’s a good thing for a la
> rge group to split up into smaller ones, even if it means that the l
> arge group–my own group– becomes smaller. Am I always ready
> to help new groups?
>
> Meditation for the Day
> Pray–and keep praying until it brings peace and serenity and a feeli
> ng of communion with One who is near and ready to help. The thought
> of God is balm for our hates and fears. In praying to God, we find
> healing for hurt feelings and resentments. In thinking of God, dou
> bts and fears leave us. Instead those doubts and fears, there will
> flow into our hearts such faith and love as is beyond the power o
> f material things to give, and such peace as the world can neither g
> ive nor take away. And with God, we can have the tolerance to live
> and let live.
>
> Prayer for the Day
> I pray that I may have true tolerance and understanding. I pray
> that I may keep striving for these difficult things.
>
> 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
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> Consciously cultivating thankfulness is a journey of the
> soul, one that begins when we look around us and see the positive
> effects that gratitude creates. We do this by noticing those around
> us to whom gratefulness comes easily and realize how much we
> enjoy being around these people. We also tap into these gifts as we
> think about times in the past when we felt particularly grateful.
> Remember the peacefulness and the delight that accompanied those
> times? As we come to understand the gifts of gratitude, we realize
> that being grateful is not something remote or foreign, but part of
> the natural joyful expression of our full humanness.
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> From: Attitudes of gratitude -How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day
> of Your Life, M.J. Ryan, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1999, page
> 12.