10.27.05

...then alcohol began to have its way with us. Finally, when all our score cards read `zero,' and we saw that one more strike would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for our lost faith. It was in A.A. that we rediscovered it. And so can you. -pg. 29, AA Big Book

Today I am grateful...

• that I possess healing energy
• for the bawdy and totally hysterical politically incorrect chatter during dinner and TV last night
• that I, my loved ones and my friends are totally blessed
• for a totally new concept of prayer
• for gratitude in all its forms
• for being shown twice yesterday to recognize enchantment in my life, to explore the wonder I had as a child and to trust that I will be protected--just as a child believes

All of us have our own battle to win, the battle between the material view of life and the spiritual view. Something must guide our lives. Will it be wealth, pride, selfishness, greed or will it be faith, honesty, purity, unselfishness, love and service? Each one has a choice. We can choose good or evil. We cannot choose both. Are we going to keep striving until we win the battle? If we win the victory, we can believe that even God in His heaven will rejoice. -Twenty-Four Hours a Day