TOPICS 5/21/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) A LIST OF BLESSINGS
One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings…
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37
What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible, beginning with being having been born of sound mind and body. I went through seventy-four years of living right up to the present moment. The list ran two pages, and took two hours to compile; I included health, family, money, AA-the whole gamut. Every day in my prayers, I ask God to help me remember my list, and to be grateful for it throughout the day. When I remember my gratitude list, it’s very hard to conclude that God is picking on me.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
2) “Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” -Chinese proverb
All of us are a little afraid of growth. We wonder how growth will change our lives. Who will we be? Well our friends still love us? Can’t we grow up and get it over with? Why does it take so long? All of us need to keep growing. There’s no age when we’re all grown up and all done learning. But we don’t need to rush our growth. Like a child on a too-big bicycle, at times we find ourselves out of control. We’ll tip over. We can grow at our own pace, but we must grow. We must make changes. Or else, like an athlete on a too-small bicycle, we won’t get far. We’ll tip over too!
3) “It comes down to a moment-to-moment choice to serve the highest good. It is not enough to do it just once today and figure that is it. Keep choosing the highest good.”
-John Morton
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4) Frequently, addicts and alcoholics who experience difficulties will isolate in order to lick their wounds like an injured animal. You may not want to bother us, you may be embarrassed by your blunders, or you may think it’s not our business. When you don’t use our friendship, we can’t do our job. Friends are God‘s way of taking care of me.