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> Date: February 23, 2012 11:05:24 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Thursday, February 23, 2012
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> Subj: Today, Thursday, February 23, 2012
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> Sorry--I forgot to send out a daily installment yesterday. I also forgot to pray in the morning....what can I say.
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> As a result, I forgot to mention that David Moses has 6 years as of yesterday. David is an important person in my life.
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> Eigil
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> February 23: We now have these things because we're sober. Do I make one resolution every day of my life to stay sober?
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> This is February, the 2nd month of the year;
> • The 2nd Tradition: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
> • The 2nd Step: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
> • The 2nd Promise: We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> Besides our jobs, our families, our friends, and our sobriety, we have something else that many of us found through A.A. That's faith in a Power greater than ourselves, to which we can turn for help: faith in that Divine Principle in the universe which we call God and which is on our side as long as we do the right thing. There have been many days in the past when, if we had taken an inventory, we'd have found ourselves very much in the red, without sobriety, and therefore without jobs, families, friends, or faith in God. We now have these things because we're sober. Do I make one resolution every day of my life to stay sober?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> Love the busy life. It is a joy filled life. Take your fill of joy in the spring. Live outdoors whenever possible. Sun and air are nature's great healing forces. That inward joy changes poisoned blood into a pure, healthy, life giving flow. But never forget that the real healing of the spirit comes from within, from the close, loving contact of your spirit with God's spirit. Keep in close communion with God's spirit day by day.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may learn to live the abundant life. I pray that I may enjoy a close contact with God this day and be glad in it.
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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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> The following is Excerpt No. 26 from As Bill Sees It : “True Independence of the Spirit”
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> The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. Therefore, dependence as A.A. practices it is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit.
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> At the level of everyday living, it is startling to discover how dependent we really are, & how unconscious of that dependence. Every modern house has electric wiring carrying power & light to its interior. By accepting with delight our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves personally more independent, more comfortable & secure. Power flows just where it is needed. Silently & surely, electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs.
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> Though we readily accept this principle of healthy dependence in many of our temporal affairs, we often fiercely resist the identical principle when asked to apply it as means of growth in the life of the spirit. Clearly, we shall never know freedom under God until we try to seek His will for us. The choice is ours.
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> Twelve & Twelve p-36
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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> A follow-on note–Yes, this is Eigil inserting himself!!!
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> I have been struggling to forgive certain individuals for wrongs I perceive they have done to me and my family. I am reading a great book by Debra Jay (No More Letting Go: The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. She has a wonderful message that is helping me find forgiveness in my heart. To paraphrase:
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> Forgiveness is self-liberating (it has to come from within). Don’t base forgiveness on whether the person deserves it or not. Anchor it in the value that you give yourself. You are worthy. You deserve to allow yourself to be a forgiving person. That doesn’t mean you have to continue to place yourself in a vulnerable position–at risk of being hurt. You can be forgiving and at the same time keep yourself out of harm’s way (and out of reach of harming those who have wronged you!!).=2