AA Thought for the Day

January 18, 2004

Big Book

I love the Big Book. I often find the words,
"You will be amazed before you are halfway through"
coming to mind at the strangest times.
I will encounter a difficult person
and choose to smile rather than strike back.
I will be stuck in traffic
and be able to accept a situation I cannot control.
I now realize that in every pile of "manure,"
there lays the possibility of a rose.
While the situation at hand may not be to our liking,
the outcome may far exceed our expectations.

Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, January 2004, Page 31. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Walk softly and carry a Big Book.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

BIG BOOK = Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge.


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