Could she talk to Alfred one day without disturbing his convictions Well, that was the point. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. The thought allows me to be human and not perfect, and to regain my peace of mind.Ĭopyright © 1990 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. It must be very difficult for clergymen, she thought now. AA Thought for the Day (courtesy ) Novem Scroll Down for Share Reprieve We are not cured of alcoholism. I pray that for each day, God will sup ply the wisdom and the strength that I need. When I am having a difficult time accepting people, places or events, I turn to this passage and it relieves me of many an underlying fear regarding others, or situations life presents me. Prayer for the Day I pray that God will guide me one day at a time in the new year. If I continue to relive my old hurt, it is a resentment and resentment bars the sunlight from my soul. Provided we strenuously avoid turning these realistic surveys of the facts of life into unrealistic alibis for apathy or defeatism, they can be the sure foundation upon which increased emotional health and therefore spiritual progress can be built. 64 As I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is easy to gloss over the wrong that I have done, because I can easily see it as a question of 'getting even' for a wrong done to me. This is an exercise in acceptance that we can profitably practice every day of our lives. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation 'some fact of my life' unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Again and again, we shall need to return to that unflattering point of departure. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are.
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