07.03.08

In all the created universes there is only one you, with a heart and soul that beats to its own rhythm. Let the beauty of your inner being shine forth, and receive with gratitude the priceless gift of a sacred life. ~Julie Redstone

Today I am grateful...

• to be where I am right now--right where I am supposed to be
• that I try to stand out of my own way
• for the blessings of the program of recovery I find in AA
• to feel at peace this morning without any questions
• for the twelve promises

1. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
2. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
3. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
4. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
5. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
6. That feeling of uselessness and self pity will disappear.
7. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
8. Self-seeking will slip away.
9. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
10. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
11. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
12. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.