December 25
Accepting gifts
Giving is part of the holiday spirit. We need not lament because we don’t understand the nature of giving. Many of us suffer during the holidays for reasons a little more subtle than usual. Though we don’t realize it, many of us feel inadequate to the holiday spirit, which is so magnificent. We need to allow ourselves to dwell in this magnificence.
We are all children of our Higher Power. We can joyfully accept its gifts of love, peace, fellowship, sobriety, and cleanness. We will learn how to give in turn.
Do I feel the spirit of the holidays?
Thank you, Higher Power, for your gifts to me today and every day.
Today I will share in the holiday spirit by…
Today's reading is from the book Day by Day, Daily Meditations for Recovering Addicts
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"No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy
AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt
We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time!
God says that each of us is worth loving.
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