My Wife, My Princess

For My Dear Wife,
On This Usual Day;
I Write You This Poem,
In My Own Special Way.

I Wanted To Tell You,
In Words Of My Own;
You're The Most Precious girl,
That I've Ever Known.

You're The Prettiest Girl,
Than Any I've Seen;
There's No One Like You,
And That I Can Bet.

Your Eyes Have That Sparkle,
That I Can't Live Without;
One Day Without Them,
And I'd Die There's No Doubt.

And I Just Lose Control,
When I Glance At Your Hair;
Those Curls Are Just Stunning,
So Perfect And Rare.

You're The Most Caring women,
That I've Ever Met;
There's No One Like You,
And That I Can Bet.

What Attracts Me The Most,
Is Your Sweet And Kind Touch;
You're A Gift Sent From Heaven,
And I Love You So Much.

So Hold Me As Close,
As You Possibly Can;
'Cause Now And Forever,
I Am Your Man.

 

 

I WAS BLESSED BY GOD
WHEN HE SENT AN ANGEL DOWN
FROM HEAVEN YOU CAME
AND THERE YOU WERE FOUND
WITH YOUR BEAUTY SO DIVINE,
AND YOUR SOUL SO SWEET
IT CAN MAKE A GROWN MAN CRY
AND BRING THE STRONG TO THEIR KNEES
YOU ARE A GIFT FROM HEAVEN
WITHIN A GOLDEN BOW
WITH LOVE THAT STAYS STRONG
THROUGH SLEET AND SNOW
WITH YOU I AM WHOLE
AND I KNOW ITS MEANT TO BE.
I CANNOT THANK GOD ENOUGH
FOR THIS MIRACLE HE IS GIVEN ME

 

 

Trust

When I put my faith in the spiritual power of the program, when I trust others to teach me what I need to do to have a better life, I find that I can trust myself to do what is necessary.
- Daily Reflections, p. 226
Trust God. Clean house. Help others.
F A I T H = Fear And Insecurity? Trust Him!

 

"Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact. Wise is the person who finds a reason to make every day a special one."
by Leo F. Buscaglia (March 1924 - June 1998)
A Member Shares:

I’m Donna, an alcoholic. Trust – it’s a chain, and we are the links. When I started trusting people -- holding their hand, so to speak -- I found others in turn were able to hold mine and the chain just grew longer. I never trusted many people; then again, I was no one to be trusted. Funny how that works! Sometimes, I trust eagerly now, because I want it reciprocated. But when I become doubtful, I take my hand away from the flame. I keep my sanity that way. And that’s ok, because now I have boundaries – its self-preservation. I need trust for employment, for building and amending, and I like the way it feels now, knowing I’m doing right things as they come along. I trusted you good folks to shine that light for me. And I thank you.

Occupations

You were not created for a life of idleness. You cannot eat from sunrise to sunset or drink or play or make love. Work is not your enemy but your friend. If all manners of labor were forbidden to thee you would fall to your knees and beg an early death.

You need not love the tasks you do. Even kings dream of other occupations. Yet you must work and it is how you do, not what you do, that determines the course of your life. No man who is careless with his hammer will ever build a palace.

You may work grudgingly or you may work gratefully; you may work as a human or you may work as an animal. Still, there is no work so rude that you may exalt it; no work so demeaning that you cannot breathe a soul into it; no work so dull that you may not enliven it.

Always perform all that is asked of you and more. Thy reward will come.

Know that there is only one certain method of attaining success and that is through hard work. If you are unwilling to pay this price for distinction, be prepared for a lifetime of mediocrity and poverty.

Pity those who abuse you and ask why you deliver so much in return for so little. Those who give less, receive less.

Never be tempted to diminish your efforts, even if you should labor for another. You are no less a success if someone else is paying you to work for yourself. Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Be grateful for your tasks and their demands. If it were not for your work, no matter how distasteful it may seem, you could neither eat so much, nor relish so pleasantly, nor sleep so soundly, nor be so healthful, nor enjoy the secure smiles of gratitude from those who love you for what you are, not for what you do.

from the book of :- Commandments of success

 

    

 

 

 

Big Book Beginnings

By 1937, some of us realized that AA needed a standard literature. There would have to be a book. . . Well, we did quarrel violently over the preparation and distribution of that AA Book. In fact, it took five years for the clamor to die down. Should any AA's dream that the old-timers who put the Book together went about at the time in serene meditation and white robes, then they had best forget it.
- The Language of the Heart, p. 133.
Walk softly and carry a Big Book.
B I G B O O K = Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge.

 

patience

Know that the more enduring your patience, the more certain your reward. There is no great accomplishment that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

Life is not a race. No road will be too long for you if you advance deliberately and without haste. Avoid, like the plague, every carriage that halts to offer you a swift journey to wealth, fame and power. Life has such hard conditions, even at its best, that the temptations when they appear, can destroy you. Walk. You are able.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. With patience you can bear up under any adversity and survive any defeat. With patience you can control your destiny and have what you will.
Patience is the key to contentment, for you and for those who must live with you.
Realize that you cannot hurry success any more than the lives of the field can bloom before their season.

What pyramid was ever built by a stone at a time?
How poor are they who have not patience?
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Every priceless attribute which wise men trumpet as necessary for the achievement of success is useless without patience.

To be brave without patience can kill you. To be ambitious without patience can destroy the most promising careers. To strive for wealth without patience will only separate you from your thin purse. And to persevere without patience is always impossible. Who can hold on, who can persevere, without the waiting that attends it?
Patience is power. Employ it to stiffen your spirit, sweeten your temper, stifle your anger, bury your envy, subdue you pride, bridle your tongue, restrain your hand, and deliver you whole, in due time, to the life you deserve.

from the book :-

__10 commandments of success

 

 

Four steps to achievement:

1,  plan purposefully,

2,  prepare prayerfully,

3,  proceed positively,

4,  pursue persistently.
by __William A. Ward.

 

Tornado

The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 82.
The storm has passed. I've learned a little more about peace. It was inside all the time.
C H A O S = Creating Havoc Around OurSelves.

 

 
Hi, I'm Venki, an recovering Alcoholic. The Big Book (p.83) tells us, "Yes, there is a long road of reconstruction ahead. We must take the lead." When I was drinking, I used to call myself "a whirlwind wherever I go" and I would boast of that! Come to find out, I'm really a tornado wreaking much more damage than I could see in front of me. Now, almost 6 months without a drink, I've found myself in the eye of the storm again, only with my emotional sobriety this time. The last few months, I have come to terms with the fact that just being sober is NOT enough. Because of a change in my work schedule, and also the changes my body is going through physically, as I am 5 months pregnant now, I have only been making two or three meeting a week. Thank God for the service positions that force me to commit.  two meetings a week is not enough. But I know how to put an end to it -- ACTION! Even when I don't feel like it, even when it's the last thing I want to do, if I feel deep down that I'm supposed to be doing something, I know the outcome will overcome the fear I have once I just DO IT. I need more meetings, more meditation, more service, and more communication with God. I am determined to pull myself out of this funk! With the kit of spiritual tools this program has given me, I have been a fool to not use them daily.