AA Thought for the Day - July 1, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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July 1, 2015

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Humility
It was only at the end of a long road, marked by successive defeats and humiliations,
and the final crushing of our self-sufficiency,
that we began to feel humility as something more than a condition of groveling despair.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 72

Thought to Ponder . . .
Learning is the very essence of humility; the two walk hand in hand.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A R T = Always Remain Teachable.

A Member Shares:
Hi, my name is Keith.  I'm an alcoholic.  I know there's a difference between humility and humiliation.  Humility is a good thing, meaning to be open to learn and to change, and how it feels to have plans and preparations to make me "whole."  I can't even manage to get that right until God is consulted.  And in the blink of an eye, all my hold-backs, incomplete Steps and conditions, my HIgher Power provides all the answers I could not see or apply.  In my attempt at self-inventory, harms done and amends to be made, He gently brushes those conflicts away and I am made truly ready.  I am humbled in the miracle.  I'm not chastised or castigated, but provided the answers I need in this exercise of Hope's gift from God.  Thank God for removing the mote in my eye.  Despite what I wanted, I fall short and am right-sized once again with the knowledge that God will do for me what I could not myself, and the humility to apply it in my life's adventure.  Thanks.
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