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> October 21: Take pleasure in the small things.
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> This is October, the 10th month of the year;
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> • The 10th Tradition reads: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
> • The 10th Step: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
> • The 10th Promise: Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
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> Thought for the Day
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> Now that we have considered the obligations of real, working members of A.A., let us examine what the rewards are that have come to us as a result of our new way of living. First, I understand my self more than I ever did before. I have learned what was the matter with me and I know now a lot of what makes me tick. I will never be alone again. I am just one of many who have the illness of alcoholism and one of many who have learned what to do about it. I am not an odd fish or a square peg in around hole. I seem to have found my right place in the world. Am I beginning to understand myself?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him and will remain with him and him with me.” The knocking of God’s spirit, asking to come into your life, is due to no merit of yours, though it is in response to the longing of your heart. Keep a listening ear bent to catch the sound of the gentle knocking at the door of your heart by the spirit of God. Then open the door of your hear and let God’s spirit come in.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may let God’s spirit come into my heart. I pray that it may fill me an abiding peace.
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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. 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 reading for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
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> A moment with Mother Theresa--Remember the Small Things:
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> Some of my sisters work in Australia. On a reservation, among the Aborigines, there was an elderly man. I can assure you that you have never seen a situation as difficult as that poor old man’s. He was completely ignored by everyone. His home was disordered and dirty.
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> I told him, “Please, let me clean your house, wash your clothes, and make your bed.” He answered, “I’m okay like this. Let it be.”
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> I said again, “You will be still better if you allow me to do it.”
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> He finally agreed. So I was able to clean his house and wash his clothes. I discovered a beautiful lamp, covered with dust. Only God knows how many years had passed since he last lit it.
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> I said to him, “Don’t you light your lamp? Don’t you ever use it?”
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> He answered, “No. No one comes to see me. I have no need to light it. Who would I light it for?”
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> I asked, “Would you light it every night if the sisters came?”
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> He replied, “Of course.”
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> From that day on the sisters committed themselves to visiting him every evening. We cleaned the lamp, and the sisters would light it every evening.
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> Two years passed. I had completely forgotten that man. He sent this message: “Tell my friend that the light she lit in my life continues to shine still.”
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> I thought it was a very small thing. We often neglect small things.
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> From: In The Heart of The World–Thoughts, Stories & Prayers, Mother Theresa, edited by Becky Benenate, Barnes & Noble Books, Published by MJF Books, New York, 1997, page 53-54