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newby1961 · 10-25-2012, 12:23 AM

A.A. Thought For The Day

"Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this present moment, is what makes up my life. My whole life is only a succession of nows. I will take this moment, which has been given to me by the grace of God, and I will do something with it. What I do with each now, will make me or break me. Am I living in the now?

Meditation For The Day

We should work at overcoming ourselves, our selfish desires and our self-centeredness. This can never be fully accomplished. We can never become entirely unselfish. But we can come to realize that we are not at the center of the universe and that everything does not revolve around us at the center. I am only one cell in a vast network of human cells. I can at least make the effort to conquer the self-life and seek daily to obtain more and more of this self-conquest. “He that overcomes himself is greater than he who conquers a city.”

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may strive to overcome my selfishness. I pray that I may achieve the right perspective of my position in the world."

(Twenty-Four Hours a Day) Hazelden Foundation 2012

IndaMiricale · 10-25-2012, 04:22 AM

I listen to this many mornings as part of my meditation.

Have a wonderful day.

bbthumper · 10-25-2012, 05:42 AM

"that one is God. May you find him NOW."

I heard a speaker suggest that now is not when I find God, but WHERE I find God. Makes sense. I cant experience a relationship with God thinking about yesterday or tomorrow. I can only find God now.

dlr6967 · 10-25-2012, 12:06 PM

We all have a perception or conception of a divine creator within us. As alcoholics we have to replace the god of alcohol in our lives with the true God that lives within us.

newby1961 · 10-25-2012, 11:52 PM

IM very cool video thanks I needed that.

dlr yeah for me alcohol & drugs were my God for way to many years I am grateful I am free at last.

bbt well said and makes a lot of sense I think the quote in the BB says something like may you find him now.

Great discussion guys thanks.

10-25-2012, 12:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
newby1961 Trudging that road. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Seattle Wa Posts: 6,837 Blog Entries: 1	Twenty- Four Hours a Day A.A. Thought For The Day "Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this present moment, is what makes up my life. My whole life is only a succession of nows. I will take this moment, which has been given to me by the grace of God, and I will do something with it. What I do with each now, will make me or break me. Am I living in the now? Meditation For The Day We should work at overcoming ourselves, our selfish desires and our self-centeredness. This can never be fully accomplished. We can never become entirely unselfish. But we can come to realize that we are not at the center of the universe and that everything does not revolve around us at the center. I am only one cell in a vast network of human cells. I can at least make the effort to conquer the self-life and seek daily to obtain more and more of this self-conquest. “He that overcomes himself is greater than he who conquers a city.” Prayer For The Day I pray that I may strive to overcome my selfishness. I pray that I may achieve the right perspective of my position in the world." (Twenty-Four Hours a Day) Hazelden Foundation 2012

10-25-2012, 04:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
IndaMiricale Powerless over Alcohol Join Date: May 2011 Location: Trudging the Road to Happy Destiny! Posts: 4,020	I listen to this many mornings as part of my meditation. Have a wonderful day. __________________ "The only real thing in life are dreams, which nature cant touch with decay." Bob Dylan "Each day,somewhere in the world ,recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic , sharing experience,strength and hope."

10-25-2012, 05:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
bbthumper Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,152	"that one is God. May you find him NOW." I heard a speaker suggest that now is not when I find God, but WHERE I find God. Makes sense. I cant experience a relationship with God thinking about yesterday or tomorrow. I can only find God now. __________________ *~BBThumper* ~All Big Book Quotes from the 1st edition A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. C. S. Lewis

10-25-2012, 12:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
dlr6967 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Joplin, MO Posts: 1	We all have a perception or conception of a divine creator within us. As alcoholics we have to replace the god of alcohol in our lives with the true God that lives within us.

10-25-2012, 11:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
newby1961 Trudging that road. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Seattle Wa Posts: 6,837 Blog Entries: 1	IM very cool video thanks I needed that. dlr yeah for me alcohol & drugs were my God for way to many years I am grateful I am free at last. bbt well said and makes a lot of sense I think the quote in the BB says something like may you find him now. Great discussion guys thanks.

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