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> Date: December 10, 2010 12:53:43 PM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Friday, December 10, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Friday, December 10, 2010
>
> December 10: right or wrong, we can always profit from experience.
>
> Tim–Anniversary– 12-10-1997
>
> This is December, the 12th month of the year;
> • The 12th Tradition reads: Anonymity is the spiritual founda
> tion of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles be
> fore personalities.
> • The 12th Step: Having had a spiritual awakening as the resu
> lt of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and
> to practice these principles in all our affairs.
> • The 12th Promise: We will suddenly realize that God is doin
> g for us what we could not do for ourselves.
> _________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> Our drinking fellowship was a substitute one, for lack of something
> better. At the time, we did not realize what real fellowship could
> be. Drinking fellowship has a fatal fault. It is not based on a firm
> foundation. Most of it is on the surface. It is based mostly on the
> desire to use your companions for your own pleasure, and using
> others is a false foundation. Drinking fellowship has been praised
> in song and story. The "cup that cheers" has become famous as a
> means of companionship. But we realize that the higher centers of
> our brains are dulled by alcohol and such fellowship cannot be on
> the highest plane. It is at best only a substitute. Do I see my
> drinking fellowship in its proper light?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> Set for yourself the task of growing daily more and more into the
> consciousness of a Higher Power. We must keep trying to improve our
> conscious contact with God. This is done by prayer, quiet times, and
> communion. Often all you need to do is sit silent before God and let
> Him speak to you through your thought. Try to think God's thoughts
> after Him. When the guidance comes, you must not hesitate, but go
> out and follow that guidance in your daily work, doing what you
> believe to be the right thing.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may be still and know that God is with me. I pray that
> I may open my mind to the leading of the Divine Mind.
>
>
> 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.
> _________________
> The following is Excerpt No. 202 from As Bill Sees It : “The Hour o
> f Decision”
>
> Not all large decisions can be well made by simply listing
> the pros & cons of a given situation, helpful & necessary as this
> process is. We cannot always depend on what seems to us to be
> logical. When there is doubt about our logic, we wait upon God &
> listen for the voice of intuition. If in meditation, that voice is
> persistent enough, we may well gain sufficient confidence to act
> upon that, rather than upon logic.
> If after an exercise of these two disciplines, we are still
> uncertain, then we should ask for further guidance & when possible,
> defer important decisions for a time. By then, with more knowledge
> of our situation, logic & intuition may well agree upon a right
> course.
> But if the decision must be now, let us not evade it through
> fear. Right or wrong, we can always profit from the experience.
>
> Letter 1966
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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