AA Thought for the Day

December 29, 2003

Acceptance

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person,
place, thing, or situation -- some fact of my life --
unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity
until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation
as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake.
Until I could accept life completely on life's terms,
I cannot be happy.
I need to concentrate not so much
on what needs to be changed in the world
as on what needs to be changed in me and my attitudes.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 417, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.


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