I greet The Indwelling Presence.
Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is – Love And Tolerance. “Death is not a period, but a comma, in the story of life” (Anonymous). I believe our Father designed us to practice experiencing dying each night and reborn each morning; telling us, death is only a comma. I am disappointed about the way I handled some of my personal “reality” thinking, feeling and acting. Alcoholics Anonymous’ code; love and tolerance, has taught me not to hate myself. I am learning to detach from the undesirable and forgive myself. I am learning how to bend or become strong enough to resist breaking. “The trees in the storm don’t try to stand up straight and tall and erect. They allow themselves to bend and be blown with the wind. They understand the power of letting go. Those trees and those branches that try too hard to stand up strong and straight are the ones that break” (J.B. Hill). Fractured bones are stronger at the healed fracture site than normal bones, and so it is with Alcoholics Anonymous. A sober member who is practicing its spiritual principles is given a set of healing tools the average person does not have. Our A.A. way of life is a daily “exercise program” for the whole human condition. We become flexible during life’s storms and joyful times of every season. “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there” Robert M Pirsig. Thy Love, Thy Will be done.