A.A. Thought of the Day - May 2nd

[abtchonamission]

AA Thought for the Day
May 2, 2007
Living and Loving

They told me that giving was living, and living was loving,
and loving was God.
And you don't have to worry about God,
because He's sitting right in front of your eyes.
You get just a little sobriety, and you get just a little humility.
Not much, just a little.
Not the humility of sackcloth and ashes, but the humility
of a man who's glad he's alive and can serve
. You get just a little tolerance, not much,
but just enough to sit and listen to the other guy. . .
And you realize that if you put all this together,
you get just a little humility, a little tolerance,
a little honesty, a little sincerity, a little prayer
-- and a lot of AA.

[miss communicat]

Today, this line really spoke to me:

"Not the humility of sackcloth and ashes, but the humility
of a man who's glad he's alive and can serve"

My first go at sobriety I was very young and immature and really could not comprehend humility. I thought it equated with being an impoverished, unambitious loser with no nice clothes or material possessions.

Laughs out loud...

Boy. Did I get that wrong. Thats what being drunk means.

Being humble in sobriety IS all about gratidude and service, and it rocks!

[lanie67]

I like this:

And you realize that if you put all this together,
you get just a little humility, a little tolerance,
a little honesty, a little sincerity, a little prayer
-- and a lot of AA.

Because I tend to think in extremes, that I have to be perfect in all of these areas or it just doesn't cut it. I have seen the truth of this, that just a little humility or restraint or discretion can go a really long way. I've had some hard lessons lately and this meditation was very encouraging to me.