THE FOLLY OF OUR BEST THINKING – “We have learned that if a solution isn’t practical, it isn’t spiritual. In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills. Our best ideas got us here.” (12 & 12, p. 52)
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A Few Simple Ways to Rekindle the Resplendent Joy We had in Our Youth – Step 12
LETTING THE JOY SHINE THRU IN ALL WE DO – “Yes, we are a vision of hope.” “The joy that we have in living clean is an attraction to the addict who still suffers.” “The steps are a new beginning!” (The Basic Text, p. 53)
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How We might Prevent Our Good Intentions from Washing Away Before Our Eyes – Step 12
“You ask me why I do not write something … . I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.” – Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) English nurse in the Crimean War on getting into action
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At Long Last, It’s Time to Enjoy … “The Big Pay Back” – Step 12
“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.”
– Sister Mary Rose Mc Geady (1928 – ) rebuilder of Covenant House for teens in crisis
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Why We Strive for ‘Progress, Not Perfection’ – Step 12
‘PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION’ – “The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.” (The Big Book, p. 60)
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One Wonderful Way We Experience the Meaning of Life – Step 12
A LIFE IN FULL SERVICE OF OTHERS – “Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends – this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it.” (The Big Book, p. 89)
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Grace and Humility Allows Us to “Open Up Like a Flower in the Sun”- Step 12
“It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809 – 1894) U.S., physician, poet, lecturer and author
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Exploring the Synchronicity axiom: “What You Think About – You Bring About” – Step 12
“Synchronicity:
A meaningful coin-
cidence of two or more
events where something
other than the prob-
ability of chance
is involved.”– Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Swiss psychologist
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Living Our Best Lives “from the Perspective of the Spirit Within” – Step 12
“Seeing your-
selves from the
perspective of the
spirit within will help
you to remember why
you came here and
what you came
here to do.” – Neale Donald Walsch (1943 – ) U.S. author re: spiritual awakening– Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ
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Ways to Abandon All Negative Judgments of Others & Open Up Oceans of Unconditional Love – Step 12
“The morality we have lived by was fragmentary only. We must abandon it in favor of the complete, all-embracing love expressed in ‘reverence for all life.’ ” – Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) Franco-German Theologian & Medical missionary on unconditional love
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