A Small but Powerful Detail, Best Not Forgotten, in All Our Prayers – Step 11
“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.”
– Thomas A. Edison (1847 – 1931) U.S. inventor
Potentially, One of the Most Consequential, Spiritual Sin a Person can Possibly Commit – Step 11
“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”
– George Eliot (1819 – 1880) British novelist
A Practical Way to Turbocharge Our Recovery Each and Every Day – Step 11
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
The Meaning of: “Life on Life’s Terms” – Step 11
LIFE’S PARADOX OF THE IDEAL –
“While the circum-
stances of our lives
may not change, the
way we deal with those
circumstances does.” “[W]e
cease to struggle against life
on life’s terms. Striving to
maintain and build on our
surrender, we are better
able to live and enjoy
life in the moment.”
(It Works, How &
Why, p. 23)
What We may Mean When We say We “See with Our Inner Eye” – Step 11
“When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from Him.”
Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838 – 1918) Hindu & Muslim Yogi