AA Thought for the Day

March 31, 2002

Joy

We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free.
We cannot subscribe to the belief
that this life is a vale of tears,
though it once was just that for many of us.
But it is clear that we made our own misery.
God didn't do it.
Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery,
but if trouble comes,
cheerfully capitalize on it
as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 133, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Joy is the infallible presence of God.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

H J F = Happy, Joyous, Free.


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