AA.MAKING WAY FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH – ” … we go beyond merely asking for the power to live up to God’s [our HP’s]* plan for our own lives. We begin to seek out ways to be of service, to make a difference in the [lives] of another … .” (It Works, How & Why, p. 81)
Category: Step 11
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Let Us Be Your Valentine – The Meaning of Love and how to Find It – Step 11
LOVE NEVER JUDGES AND MIGHT BE NEXT DOOR – “We teach by example.” “Compassion lends kindness to all our efforts in service to others. “[We] set aside our self-righteousness. Because the only requirement for membership is a quality we cannot measure, the right to judge another’s desire is denied us.” (It Works, How & Why, p 109)
Today’s SFZ
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The Dawn of a Brand, New World Lights Up Our Path Once More – Step 11
IT LIGHTS OUR WAY – “But most of all we shall want Sunlight, nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step into the sun.” (As Bill Sees It, p. 10)
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Get Ready to Kick-off “Once More into the Breach” – Step 11
GET READY TO KICK-OFFF “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness and humility;” Wm Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English poet/playwright on our great reality
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The Key to Being Loving with No Strings Attached – Step 11
“Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.”Lao-tzu (604 BC – 531 BC) Chinese Taoist philosopher on cutting all ties
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How Personal Happiness can Fuel Spiritual Growth – Step 11
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”
– Denis Waitley (1933 – ) U.S. spiritual author