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bluidkiti · 09-23-2024, 07:38 AM

September 23

Why, then the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open.

~William Shakespeare

We had little doubt, as youngsters, that the world was our oyster, and we were going to make of it what we chose. But somewhere along the line, that oyster got tougher to open. It was our world, all right, but we failed somehow to become a part of it. Many of us felt (still feel at times) that we were on the outside looking in, estranged from our world and its inhabitants.

This feeling changes as we use the tools of our program. We find that being able to help one another with our feelings of estrangement is a gift of our Higher Power. Understanding each other's fears, we can offer comfort. We use the swords of love and friendship to pry the halves of the shell apart - and then the world is indeed our oyster. For we've found, thanks to the fulfillment of the promises of our program, that we have unlimited potential. We are all God's children, all loved, all included.

I want no one to feel like a stranger in my world.

Today's reading is from the book In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery*

09-23-2024, 07:38 AM	#24
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 73,662	September 23 Why, then the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open. ~William Shakespeare We had little doubt, as youngsters, that the world was our oyster, and we were going to make of it what we chose. But somewhere along the line, that oyster got tougher to open. It was our world, all right, but we failed somehow to become a part of it. Many of us felt (still feel at times) that we were on the outside looking in, estranged from our world and its inhabitants. This feeling changes as we use the tools of our program. We find that being able to help one another with our feelings of estrangement is a gift of our Higher Power. Understanding each other's fears, we can offer comfort. We use the swords of love and friendship to pry the halves of the shell apart - and then the world is indeed our oyster. For we've found, thanks to the fulfillment of the promises of our program, that we have unlimited potential. We are all God's children, all loved, all included. I want no one to feel like a stranger in my world. Today's reading is from the book In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery* __________________ "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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