Action

My AA way of life now demands constant action -- an active self honesty and recognition of the necessity for living in day-tight compartments. Patience must be practiced. In gratitude, I must humbly come to believe every moment of every day.
- Came to Believe . . ., p. 96
Gratitude is not a word in AA. It's an action.
S W A T = Surrender, Willingness, Action, Trust.

 

 

 We aren't bad people trying to get good. We're sick people trying to get well. We don't have a problem. We have a solution witch we don't like.

"Having a resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die."

"The power behind me is greater than the problem in front of me."

" The quality of your recovery is proportional to the quality of your surrender."

Instead of praying "God be with me,"
I pray "God bear with me!"

God doesn't close one door
without opening a better one
BUT
we've got to get our fingers
out of the closing door. The reason We're in pain is because we have our fingers in a door God is trying to close.

 

Remember and have no doubt! The God who can punish us for our sins is also capable in His limitless mercy of absolving us from our sins. There is no heavy sin or curse that cannot be redeemed by deeds and prayer.

It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present. It is not until you awaken that you will realize you have been asleep, dreaming that you are awake.

A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease, short life." In other words, those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly happy and neglect their weakness. So, in that sense at least, a Weakness of some sort can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there.

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

A positive sense of self can bring heaven to earth. If one manifests their divine nature they can transform their inner world and cultivate a life of love and compassion. Love and wholeness will bring us rewarding new life experiences and fulfill our souls potential. Let us all nurture awareness and nourish the spirit, for by doing so we will walk the earth in friendship as we reconnect with joy.