Daily ReflectionsAugust 10 REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many […]
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August 9
Daily ReflectionsAugust 9 “ … OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED” “ … and became willing to make amends to them all.”TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 One of the key words in the […]
August 8
Daily ReflectionsAugust 8 “MADE A LIST … ” Made a list of all persons we had harmed.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS p. 77 When I approached the Eighth Step, I wondered how I could list […]
August 7
Daily ReflectionsAugust 7 A “DESIGN FOR LIVING” We in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving […]
August 6
Daily ReflectionsAugust 6 DRIVEN Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.-ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 62 My selfishness was the driving […]
August 5
Daily ReflectionsAugust 5 LISTENING DEEPLY, p.226 How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 37 […]
August 4
Daily ReflectionsAugust 4 SEEDS OF FAITH Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 […]
August 3
Daily ReflectionsAugust 3 … TO BE OF SERVICE Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 77 It is clear that God’s […]
August 2
Daily ReflectionsAugust 2 WE BECOME WILLING … At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself.-ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77 How easily I can […]
August 1
Daily ReflectionsAugust 1 LIVING IT The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it.-ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 83 When new in the program, I couldn’t comprehend living the spiritual aspect of the […]