September 21
AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote
If he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval. After doing that, he must decide for himself whether he wants to go on. He should not be pushed or prodded by you, his wife, or his friends. If he is to find God, the desire must come from within.
If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience. We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us. But point out that we alcoholics have much in common and that you would like, in any case, to be friendly. Let it go at that. – Pg. 95 – Working With Others
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Hour To Hour – Book – Quote
If you were the helper and not the helpee, how would you like the person you were working with to behave? Are you acting in a manner consistent with what you believe is right?
Help me act in the same manner I would have others act with me under the same circumstances.
Silver Linings
I search for silver linings, for the deeper meaning of the events in my life. Life is my teacher if I can learn to read the subtle messages that are laced into the circumstances that I co-create around me. I will look for the lesson. When life offers up its inevitable challenges, I will try to understand what I am meant to see that I am not seeing, what I am meant to hear that I am not hearing, what I am meant to know that I am not knowing. There is always a silver lining if I look for it. Even if I don’t see it readily, I trust that it is there and that it will reveal itself to me over time. Life isn’t simple. One of the ways that I can grow from life’s adversities, is to see what is positive about a difficult situation, to look for the silver lining. I can grow in joy and in pain. It doesn’t need to be one or the other because pain can transform into joy. It can be the fire that clears the field for new and tender growth.
– Tian Dayton PhD
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Pocket Sponsor – Book – Quote
Do you like being lied to? Didn’t think so. Yet how many times have you said, ‘I’m fine’ or ‘Everything’s OK’ when it’s not? When your friends ask how you are, they deserve not to be lied to. When you lie to others, you lie to yourself.
I am authentic with others and thus myself.
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“Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book” – Book
If you want to know God’s will, spend time with Him.
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Time for Joy – Book – Quote
Today I am taking whatever comes in my stride.
Today I know I can handle any change, any surprise, anything as long as I remember that my Higher Power is with me and I am never alone.
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Alkiespeak – Book – Quote
I’d wake up in the morning and my mind would be waiting like a vulture on the bed head: ‘Good, I’ve been waiting for you.’ – And it never told me anything positive. – Bob E.