AA Thought for the Day - August 18, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

August 18, 2015

Apples and Oranges
I had my first awakening in an AA meeting.  The speaker said,
"If you're an apple, you can be the best apple you can be, but you can never be an orange."
I was an apple all right, and for the first time I understood that I had spent my life trying to be an orange.
I looked around at a room filled with apples and, if I was understanding the speaker,
most of them were no longer trying to be oranges.
~ Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 427

Thought to Ponder . . .
When I change the way I look at things, the things I look at change.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Always Awesome.

Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org

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