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**Astro** · 07-16-2008, 09:18 AM

Congrats on your 5 months LL, I'm sorry to hear it's been a struggle.

Humility is one of the greatest gifts I've received as a result of AA, The 12 Steps, and my higher power. These aren't my words, but they definitely sum up what humility means to me......

On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility:
"Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble.
It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore;
to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing
done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises
me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a
blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the
door and kneel to my Father in secret and be at peace,
as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about
is seeming trouble."

"Dr. Bob and the Good Old timers", page 222, first written
by Andrew Murray, a So. African religious leader, ca. 1828-1917.

07-16-2008, 09:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,837	Congrats on your 5 months LL, I'm sorry to hear it's been a struggle. Humility is one of the greatest gifts I've received as a result of AA, The 12 Steps, and my higher power. These aren't my words, but they definitely sum up what humility means to me...... On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility: "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Father in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble." "Dr. Bob and the Good Old timers", page 222, first written by Andrew Murray, a So. African religious leader, ca. 1828-1917. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"