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UpperbucksAAguy · 08-07-2012, 01:06 PM

The Project Gutenberg E-text of As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen

Was read by many of the founders

2granddaughters · 08-07-2012, 01:40 PM

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

Innerchild · 08-07-2012, 01:59 PM

This reading is fascinating thank you I just sent it to my sponsor as well. I totally agree with it.

augustwest · 08-07-2012, 02:30 PM

i can't believe i haven't read this before. great stuff. thanks.

Boleo · 08-08-2012, 08:41 PM

I read this book while sitting in the coffee shop at Boarders Books. I still feel like I own them an amends for reading so many of their books without paying for them (no wonder they went out of business).

Had I read it before my spiritual awakening I would have liked it. However, having had a spiritual awakening as a result of working the steps, I would have preferred it had been titled:

"As a Man Practiceth."

08-07-2012, 01:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
UpperbucksAAguy Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 464	As a Man Thinketh The Project Gutenberg E-text of As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen Was read by many of the founders __________________ All Big Book quotes are from first Edition -

08-07-2012, 01:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
2granddaughters in my 24th year of sobriety Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Canada. About as far south as you can get Posts: 4,401	“Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” __________________ . . .If you want to drink, that's your business ..... .If you want to quit, that's A.A.'s business. . . --- driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity. . . L.D. 1989

08-07-2012, 01:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Innerchild Grateful AA member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the middle of the woods, NJ Posts: 567	This reading is fascinating thank you I just sent it to my sponsor as well. I totally agree with it. __________________ "For it is by self-forgetting that one finds."

08-07-2012, 02:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
augustwest dopeless hope fiend Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Here. Now. Posts: 1,021	i can't believe i haven't read this before. great stuff. thanks. __________________ Obstacles are stepping stones that guide us to our goals Fences are filters are that purify our souls

08-08-2012, 08:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
Boleo boleon Join Date: May 2008 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,968	I read this book while sitting in the coffee shop at Boarders Books. I still feel like I own them an amends for reading so many of their books without paying for them (no wonder they went out of business). Had I read it before my spiritual awakening I would have liked it. However, having had a spiritual awakening as a result of working the steps, I would have preferred it had been titled: "As a Man Practiceth." __________________ >>> If it makes sense - It ain't spiritual! - All Big Book quotes are from first Edition -

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