AA *Our Side Of The Street & Finding Refuge

AA's "Daily Reflections" (p. 259) reminds us that making our amends has nothing to do with the reaction of the other person. Our side of the street is all we can be responsible for. Then, a reading from "24 Hours A Day)" (Sept. 7th) poses the question: "Have I learned to take it easy?" Finally, this passage reminds us that our Higher Power will always provide a place to relax and lay our cares down. If we turn to the God of our understanding, we will always find a refuge.

Transcript

Daily Reflections Our Side of the Street We are there to sweep off our side of the street,

Realizing that nothing worthwhile can be accomplished until we do so,

Never trying to tell him what he should do.

His faults are not discussed.

We stick to our own.

From Alcoholics Anonymous,

Page 77 and 78.

I made amends to my dad soon after I quit drinking.

My words fell on deaf ears since I had blamed him for my troubles.

Several months later,

I made amends to my dad again.

This time I wrote a letter in which I did not blame him nor mention his faults.

It worked,

And at last I understood.

My side of the street is all that I'm responsible for,

And thanks to God in AA,

It's clean for today.

24 hours a day.

AA thought for the day.

Another of the mottos of AA is,

Easy does it.

This means that we just go along in AA,

Doing the best we can,

And not getting steamed up over problems that arise in AA or outside of it.

We alcoholics are emotional people,

And we've gone to excess in almost everything we've done.

We have not been moderate in many things.

We have not known how to relax.

Faith in a higher power can help us to learn to take it easy.

We're not running the world.

I am only one among many.

We are resolved to live normal,

Regular lives.

From our AA experience,

We learned that,

Easy does it.

Have I learned to take it easy?

Meditation for the day.

The eternal God is thy refuge,

And underneath are the everlasting arms.

Sheltering arms express the loving protection of God's Spirit.

Human beings,

In their troubles and difficulties,

Need nothing so much as a refuge,

A place to relax where they can lay down their burdens and get relief from cares.

Say to yourself,

God is my refuge.

Say it until its truth sinks into your very soul.

Say it until you know it and are sure of it.

Nothing can seriously upset you or make you afraid,

If God is truly your refuge.

Prayer for the day.

I pray that I may go each day to God as a refuge until fear goes and peace and serenity come.

I pray that I may feel deeply secure in the haven of His Spirit.

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