February 15
Daily Reflections
February 15 -
http://www.aa.org/lang/en/aareflecti...4&rdm=2&rdd=15
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As Bill Sees It
http://upperpeninsulaoa.com/wp-conte...BillSeesIt.pdf
http://csoaamaine.org/absi/
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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Each Day a New Beginning (Women)
Food for Thought
Language of Letting Go
Today's Gift
Touchstones (Men)
Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Walk In Dry Places
Keep It Simple
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Alcoholics Anonymous - First Edition
Chapter 8 - TO WIVES
As wives of Alcoholics Anonymous, we would like you to feel that we understand as perhaps few can. We want to analyze mistakes we have made. We want to leave you with the feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to be overcome.
p. 104
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We are responsible for the effort, not the outcome.
Better the foot slip than the tongue. --French Proverb
"The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy." --Jim Rohn
"You must look into people, as well as at them." --Lord Chesterfield
God, help me recognize that I am a part of your creation and don't need to fight it. Help me live in peace and celebration of life. --Melody Beattie
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Father Leo's Daily Meditation
HUMILITY
"I am a man; nothing human is
alien to me."
-- Terence
Humility is not so much about trying to be "good" as accepting that I
am imperfect. For too long I thought that humility was "keeping the
peace", appearing to be "perfect", bottling up my anger and
resentments --- living a life of "people-pleasing".
Today I understand that humility is being real. It is accepting my
humanity and being honest in my relationships. Humility is respecting
the lives of others but also respecting my own. Humility is seeking to
reveal that divinity that God has given to my life. Humility is knowing
that in the lives of my fellow man --- the good and the bad --- is me.
Master, let me have the humility to be real.
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"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me." John 14:1
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:6-5
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Daily Inspiration
Hide your troubles and disappointments and you will find that they grow much smaller from neglect. Lord, help me to direct my focus so that I can make a difference today with a smile and a kind word.
Prayer may not always change a situation, but it will always change us. Lord, I accept Your answers to my prayers because I know that they will always be right and, in Your wisdom, best for me.