AA Thought for the Day

May 14, 2006

Humility

There can be no absolute humility for us humans.
At best, we can only glimpse the meaning and splendor
of such a perfect ideal.
As the book Alcoholics Anonymous says,
"We are not saints . . . we claim spiritual progress
rather than spiritual perfection."
Only God himself can manifest the absolute;
we human beings must needs live and grow
in the domain of the relative.
We seek humility for today.
- Bill W., July 1961.

Reprinted from The Language of the Heart, pp. 254-255, from the Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Humility, expressed by anonymity,
is the greatest safeguard that AA can ever have.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

C H A N G E D = Choosing Humility Allows New Growth Each Day.


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