Gifts

Gifts

The gift of understanding has allowed the simple messages
 from my parents, my teachers, and my church
to take on new meaning and soundness.
With the gift of serenity,
I am ready and willing to accept what God permits to happen to me;
with the gift of courage,
to take action to change the things I can for the good of myself and others.
The gift of wisdom
has been given to me so that in personal relationships
I may act intelligently and with love or,
as it has also been expressed, with competence and compassion. . .
I have come to believe that the gift of sobriety is what gives value and dignity to my life. 
It  is this that I have to share, and it grows as it is shared.
© 1973 AAWS, Came To Believe . . .,  p. 4  

From the Big Book:
 "Here are thousands of men and women, worldly indeed.  They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking." c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, We Agnostics, p. 50. 
 

Prayer for the day:

"I pray that I may prepare for better things which God has in store for me. 
I pray that I may trust God for the future." 
c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, June 29.

 

Quote for the day:

"I do only want to advise you to keep growing quietly and seriously throughout your whole development; you cannot disturb it more rudely than by looking outward and expecting from outside replies to questions that only your inmost feeling in your most hushed hour can perhaps answer." -- Rainer Maria Rilke

 

My share:

Finding the time means making the time to sit quietly, to make contact with that Higher Power that resides within.  Yesterday,  I went to an audition for the Invisible Theatre, performed the matinee and the evening show of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,and enjoyed a late dinner with a friend who came to see the show.  Sometimes, only this process in the morning affords me that moment to contact HP. A moment is all it takes.  Be Good To You, Dave