Meditation reading for Friday November 1, 2024
SEARCHING FOR GUIDANCE — I have plumbed the depths of despair and have found them not bottomless — Thomas Hardy All of us at some time have reached a...
Meditation reading for Friday October 25, 2024
THE NEW PROBLEMS IN SOBRIETY — Sometimes sobriety turns up problems that were never apparent during one's drinking days. Some people, for example, encounter...
Meditation reading for Friday October 18, 2024
TIME DISCOVERS TRUTH — Our program sponsors often tell us that time is on our side. We can remember that we didn’t get into the fix we were in all at once,...
Meditation reading for Friday October 11, 2024
DEALING WITH ANGER — "The most heated bit of letter-writing can be a wonderful safety valve providing the wastebasket is somewhere nearby." — AA co-founder,...
Meditation reading for Friday October 4, 2024
LIVING OR WAITING? — What is the real secret of living 24 hours at a time? Isn't it really a matter of feeling completely comfortable in the present rather...
Meditation reading for Friday September 27, 2024
LISTENING — “When you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is...
Meditation reading for Friday September 20, 2024
“That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.” —...
Meditation reading for Friday September 13, 2024
LEARNING TO CUT MY LOSSES — Business people speak of “cutting their losses” when it becomes clear that a venture is going sour. As recovering alcoholics, we...
Meditation reading for Friday September 6, 2024
ACHIEVING SUCCESS — We hear about people who snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Some of us do that even in sobriety, experiencing failure just as...
Meditation reading for Friday August 30, 2024 HAPPINESS — There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness. How happy we are right now may hinge on dinnertime—whether it is just before or just after. It may also depend on whether we are examining ourselves to see if we are happy or not. There’s nothing like a little introspection to convince a person of the futility of life. Just asking the question, “Am I happy?” is enough to put him or her into a blue mood. Moments of happiness, like creative thoughts, pass before us all the time. If we want to enjoy them, it’s up to us to reach out and take them when they appear. The opportunities are boundless, and they all come dressed up like other people. No one has ever been happy for long in isolation. We are not, by nature, solitary creatures. God gave us people to be with. And as an incentive to be kind to one another, God made each of us a source of happiness for others If there’s anybody around, I won’t have to look far for happiness today.
HAPPINESS — There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness. How happy we are right now may hinge on dinnertime—whether it is just before or just...
Meditation reading for Friday August 23, 2024
MAKING PROGRESS — It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. It’s easy to see why we never graduate from this program. Talking about our...
Meditation reading for Friday August 16, 2024
FINDING SERENITY — So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves instead of letting them alter us. Our attempts to control the uncontrollable (the...
Meditation reading for Friday August 9, 2024
PEACE IN THE PRESENT — Having spent the better part of my life trying either to relive the past or experience the future before it arrives, I have come to...
Meditation reading for Friday August 2, 2024
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self. — Albert Einstein...
Meditation reading for Friday July 26, 2024
STAYING RIGHT SIZED — There’s something spiritual about lying under the stars on a clear night. The immensity of the universe is enough to put our life into...
Meditation reading for Friday July 19, 2024
FINDING HAPPINESS — We delude ourselves if we believe that our happiness and well-being will come when we reach a certain goal. Whatever happiness and well-...
Meditation reading for Friday July 12, 2024
SOLVING PROBLEMS IS THE PROOF — Although we try, it's almost impossible for us to use logic to prove the existence (or nonexistence) of God. Our best proof...
Meditation reading for Friday July 5, 2024
CHANGE — In human affairs, vast changes sometimes take place almost spontaneously, bringing on revolutionary upheavals. What brings about such change? These...
Meditation reading for Friday June 28, 2024
LET IT HAPPEN — Student pilots learn a simple method for getting an airplane out of a stall. Release the stick forward, and the airplane rights itself....
Meditation reading for Friday June 21, 2024
REMEMBER THE GOLDEN KEY — Whenever trouble arises, the first thing to do is to turn it over to our Higher Power. We can take all necessary practical steps to...