AA *A List of Blessings & When I Fall

A Daily Gratitude list is one of the most potent tools to keep us recognizing what we have been given and all that has not befallen us. This reading from, "Daily Reflections" (p. 150) tells us to look to our lists when we feel that God is "picking on" us. Then, "24 Hours A Day" (May 21st) tells us of the importance of sharing with others just what this program has so freely given to us.

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Daily Reflections,

A list of blessings.

One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings from As Bill Sees It,

Page 37.

What did I have to be grateful for?

I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible,

Beginning with having been born of sound mind and body.

I went through 74 years of living right up to the present moment.

The list ran to two pages and took two hours to compile.

I included health,

Family,

Money,

AA,

The whole gamut.

Every day in my prayers,

I asked God to help me remember my list and to be grateful for it throughout the day.

When I remember my gratitude list,

It's very hard to conclude that God is picking on me.

24 hours a day,

AA thought for the day.

One of the finest things about AA is the sharing.

Sharing is a wonderful thing because the more you share,

The more you have.

In our old drinking days,

We didn't do much sharing.

We used to keep things to ourselves partly because we were ashamed,

But mostly because we were selfish and we were very lonely because we didn't share.

When we came into AA,

The first thing we found was sharing.

We heard other alcoholics frankly sharing their experiences with hospitals,

Jails,

And all the usual mess that goes with drinking.

Am I sharing?

Meditation for the day.

Character is developed by the daily discipline of duties done.

Be obedient to the heavenly vision and take the straight way.

Do not fall into the error of calling,

Lord,

Lord,

And doing not the things that should be done.

You need a life of prayer and meditation,

But you must still do your work in the busy ways of life.

The busy person is wise to rest and wait patiently for God's guidance.

If you are obedient to the heavenly vision,

You can be at peace.

Prayer for the day.

I pray that I may be obedient to the heavenly vision.

I pray if I fall,

I will pick myself up and go on.