From the desk of Dr. Bob

[Astro]

I've been sharing this with some friends in the program, some of you have probably read this. I keep this taped up next to my bathroom mirror, it's become my mission to start each day in complete peace. Yesterday my pink cloud turned black (yep, the good times shall pass too!) but I'm working through it with the help of God and AA.

Enjoy.......

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.

[CarolD]

Good to see you here with us Astro!

Thanks!

[barb dwyer]

I read in 'Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers' a nurse said he could be heard saying all the time, especially before going in to talk with someone detoxing ...

"Of myself - I am nothing."

I hang on to that like a drowning woman.
I say it over and over, after a year, I don't even know I say it.
People tell me I say it.

It's been a year almost since I read that. Maybe I oughta give myself a refresher.

[jimhere]

Thanks for providing the name of the author Astro. I've often wondered about that.

[Astro]

Originally Posted by barb dwyer

"Of myself - I am nothing."

It gave me the chills to read that. Sometimes the simplest phrases bring me to my knees. Thanks for sharing barb, I need to read that book.

jim- That was new info for me. I thought Dr. Bob had penned the words.