AA Thought for the Day

December 4, 2006

Forgiveness

Forgiving and condemning are God's business, not mine.
Only He has the mercy to judge and to accept
at the same time.
My job is to achieve enough humility to see myself in others
and to accept both myself and others,
by identifying.
The willingness to make amends will grow
from this act of love. . .
When I have achieved this kind of willingness to identify,
my Higher Power has always set up my amends
and allowed both of us to grow from the love
involved in such an act.

Reprinted from The Best of the Grapevine (Vol. 2), pp. 162-163, from the Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

The essence of forgiveness is the absence of memory.


Recovery Related Acronym

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S W A T = Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, Trust.


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