AA Thought for the Day

May 18, 2003

Love

The idea that we can be possessively loving of a few,
can ignore the many,
and can continue to fear or hate anybody,
has to be abandoned, if only a little at a time.
We can try to stop making unreasonable demands
upon those we love.
We can show kindness where we had shown none.
With those we dislike we can begin to practice
justice and courtesy,
perhaps going out of our way to understand
and help them.

Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 92-93, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Let us always love the best in others -- and never fear their worst.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

G O D = Give Others Dignity.


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