WHAT’S A LITTLE HARM ANYWAYS – “We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have “harmed” other people. What kinds of “harm” do people do to one another, anyway? To define the word “harm” in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional or spiritual damage to people.” (12 & 12, p. 80)
Author: Bodhi Baba
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How to Unclench Our Vise-like Grip on Resentments – Step 8
THE SELF-DELUSION PRISON – “Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves.” (12 & 12, p, 79)
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A Few Ways We can Honor the Veterans of Wars at Home, Abroad and the Wars within the Soul – Step 8
AND BY LETTING LOVE TAKE ROOT AND FLOW – “By giving unconditional love in the fellowship, we become more loving, and by sharing spiritual growth we become more spiritual.” [ Thusly, ] (The Basic Text, p. 82)
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Moving Thru Life with Grace is Measured by Inner Tranquility – Step 8
SUFFERING TRANSFORMED TO INNER TRANQUILITY – “A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.” (As Bill Sees IT, p.35)– Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ
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Ways to Stay Sane when the Unimaginable Strikes Out of the Blue – Step 8
AS THE SPIRIT GROWS – “Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program.” “This is the emotional stability that we so baldly need.”(The Basic Text, p. 95)
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How Not to Miss Out on The Most Precious Moments of Clarity – Step 8
THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS THAT TEACH – “Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes … no field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one.” (12 & 12, p. 80)
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Let’s Celebrate Today a Hopeful Turn toward Peace, Love & Brotherhood in All Our Lives – Step 8
MAKING PEACE AND HARMONY – “In the previous steps, we began to make peace with our Higher Power and with ourselves. In the Eighth Step, we begin the process of making peace with others.” (It Works, & Why, p. 54)
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Lend a Hand to Save a Drowning Man & Watch a New Spirit Emerge – Step 8
“A DESIGN FOR LIVING” – “We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men.” “A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, ‘a design for living’ that really works.” (The Big Book, p. 28 heart)
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Even when the World Feels as if it’s Teetering on a Precipice; Take Action & VOTE! – Step 8
FIRST WE ACCEPT THAT CHANGE TAKES TIME AND TAKE ACTION –
“But we shouldn’t become discouraged if we find that we aren’t changing as quickly as we would like. We can’t expect to be free of all our defects overnight. (Overeaters Anon., pg. 56)
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In Reverence to this All Hallows Eve We Bid Farewell, to the Unchecked Ego as a Free Floating Buzz Saw Shredding Thru our Hopes and Dreams – Step 7
“Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief. And wear a golden sorrow.” – William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616), UK, “King Henry VIII”, Act 2 scene 3 (on humility)
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