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> Date: October 18, 2010 11:48:58 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Monday, October 18, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Monday, October 18, 2010
>
> October 18: Am I going to make what time I have left count for A.A.?
> 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
>
> Do I realize that I do not know how much time I have left? It may
> be later than I think. Am I going to do the things that I know I
> should do before my time runs out? By the way, what is my purpose
> for the rest of my life? Do I realize all I have to make up for in
> my past wasted life? Do I know that I am living on borrowed time and
> that I would not have even this much time left without A.A. and the
> grace of God? Am I going to make what time I have left count for A.A.?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> We can believe that somehow the cry of the human soul is never
> unheard by God. It may be that God hears the cry, even if we fail to
> notice God's response to it. The human cry for help must always
> evoke a response of some sort from God. It may be that our failure
> to discern properly keeps us unaware of the response. But one thing
> we can believe is that the grace of God is always available for
> every human being who sincerely calls for help. Many changed lives
> are living proofs of this fact.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may trust God to answer my prayer as He sees fit. I
> pray that I may be content with whatever form that answer may take.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 197
> 5, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This bo
> ok was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Dayto
> na 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. 11 from As Bill Sees It : “Quantity or
> Quality”
>
> About this slip business - I would not be too discouraged. I
> think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. For some
> reason or other, the Lord has laid out tougher paths for some of us,
> & I guess you are treading one of them. God is not asking us to be
> successful. He is only asking us to try to be.
>
> That, you surely are doing, & have been doing. So I would
> not stay away from A.A. through any feeling of discouragement or
> shame. It is just the place you should be. Why don't you try just as
> a member, You don't have to carry the whole A.A. on your back, you
> know!
>
> It is not always the quantity of good things that you do, it
> is also the quality that
> counts.
> Above all, take it one day at a time!!!!!
>
> letter 1958
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ®
> World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115
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