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Daily ReflectionÂ
1)… our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission–to carry the A.A. message to those who don’t know there’s a way out.
-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151
Keep It SimpleÂ
2)You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.
–Ethel Barrymore
If we laughed it was at others–not at ourselves. We had too much shame and too much pain. We took the world too seriously.Â
Laughter is a way of accepting ourselves as human. To be human means we can make mistakes. It means we can lighten up. It also means growing up. And growing up means being happy with all of who we are–even parts of us that may seem odd or funny. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, we shut ourselves off from the world. We shut ourselves off from the parts of us we need to accept. Am I willing to accept the fact that I am human?
Each Day A New BeginningÂ
3) That reality of life and living – movement from one place to another either in a project or in a state of mind – does not conform with what we imagine or expect or think we deserve so we often leave things hanging unfinished or unstarted.
–Sandra Edwards
It’s our interpretation of life’s realities that is at fault. But as we grow, spiritually, the clouds will disappear. We’ll willingly move ahead, fulfilling our part in life’s bigger picture.
Sometimes all I can do is trust that all is well, even though it’s not as I had hoped. On bad days I need only to reflect on the past to know that I am moving in the right direction
Quote –Gerald Jampolsky
4) Forgiveness is an inner correction that lightens the heart. It is for our peace of mind first. Being at peace, we will now have peace to give to others, and this is the most permanent and valuable gift we can possibly give.”