I Greet The Indwelling Rebirth.
Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is – The Only Thing I Needed To Change Was Everything. Any change, no matter the size was always a problem. It was my powerless, which was blocking me. My sponsor suggested that I seek and find a Higher Power that could do for me what I could not, including the changes, [see page 45 Alcoholics Anonymous]. What matters, are not people, things or conditions in themselves, but the thoughts and beliefs that I held concerning them. It’s not their conduct, but my thoughts that make or mar me. I was writing my own experience by the thoughts that I entertained. I mold my own destiny day by day, by the manner in which I reacted to an experience. Right reaction is the supreme art of life. My greatest teacher compressed the secret of that art, when he said: Resist not evil. I must live in the present in the Presence within me, in day tight compartments. Suggestions: Don’t take the first drink, work the Steps ASAP. For a while, I should stay away from slipper places, which drew me toward that first drink. Let the past, pass. Use the “F word” [forgiveness] as needed when resentment or any other unhealthy stuff popped up. Go to lots of A.A. meetings and hang out with people practicing A.As’ spiritual principles in their daily life, inside and outside A.As’ walls, and share with others the gifts I received. Thy Love, Thy Will be done.